Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05801 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5801
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1068
Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Introduced by:
REP. NICASTRO, 79th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5801 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1068

Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs 

Introduced by:

REP. NICASTRO, 79th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A STATE SONG OF REMEMBRANCE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to designate the song "Taps", composed by Daniel Butterfield, as the state song of remembrance.

Statement of Purpose: 

To designate the song "Taps", performed by the honor guard at the funerals of members of the armed forces killed in action and the funerals of certain honorably discharged veterans, as the state song of remembrance.