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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Holocaust Remembrance Day; creating 2
s. 683.045, F.S.; requiring the Governor to proclaim 3
January 27 of each year as "Holocaust Remembrance 4
Day"; requiring such day to be observed in public 5
schools and by public exercises as the Governor may 6
designate; requiring educational instruction to be 7
provided; providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 683.045, Florida Statutes, is created 12
to read: 13
683.045 Holocaust Remembrance Day. — 14
(1) The Governor shall proclaim January 27 of each year to 15
be "Holocaust Remembrance Day," which day shall be suitably 16
observed in the public scho ols of the state, and which day shall 17
otherwise be suitably observed by such public exercises in the 18
State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor may designate. 19
(2) If January 27 falls on a day that is not a school day, 20
Holocaust Remembrance Day shall be observed in the schools on 21
the preceding school day or on such school day as may be 22
designated by local school authorities. 23
(3) Instruction about the Holocaust, anti -Semitism, and 24
their harmful impacts on humanity shall be provided as part of 25
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
public educational instruction on Holocaust Remembrance Day. 26
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 27