S.B. 96
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SENATE BILL NO. 96–SENATOR KRASNER
PREFILED JANUARY 14, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY—Designates January 27 as “International Holocaust
Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada.
(BDR 19-604)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to days of observance; designating January 27 of
each year as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day”
in the State of Nevada; and providing other matters
properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Under existing law, certain days, weeks and months of observance are 1
recognized in this State. (NRS 236.018-236.095) This bill designates January 27 of 2
each year as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada 3
and requires the Governor to issue annually a proclamation encouraging the 4
observance of this day. 5
WHEREAS, The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, 1
state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately 6,000,000 2
Jewish persons and 5,000,000 other persons by the Nazi regime and 3
its collaborators between 1933 and 1945; and 4
WHEREAS, Other horrific genocides have occurred throughout 5
history in places such as Armenia, Cambodia, Darfur, Guatemala 6
and Rwanda; and 7
WHEREAS, In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly 8
designated January 27, which is the anniversary of the liberation of 9
Auschwitz-Birkenau, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day 10
to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to promote 11
education about the Holocaust throughout the world; and 12
WHEREAS, A survey released in 2024 by the Governor’s 13
Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust revealed a 14
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significant lack of knowledge about the Holocaust and other 1
genocides among Nevadans, particularly the younger generation; 2
and 3
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 231 was enacted during the 81st 4
(2021) Session of the Nevada Legislature to direct efforts to 5
improve the curricula of courses provided to pupils in Nevada about 6
the Holocaust and other genocides as well as to increase the 7
classroom resources and professional development courses available 8
to educators on genocide education; and 9
WHEREAS, The annual observance of International Holocaust 10
Remembrance Day in Nevada will preserve the memory of the 11
victims of the Holocaust and other genocides and promote public 12
knowledge of these atrocities as well as serve as a reminder for 13
continued vigilance against hatred, persecution and tyranny to 14
prevent their reoccurrence; now, therefore, 15
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN 17
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 18
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Section 1. Chapter 236 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 20
thereto a new section to read as follows: 21
1. January 27 of each year is designated as “International 22
Holocaust Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada. 23
2. The Governor shall issue annually a proclamation 24
encouraging the observance of “International Holocaust 25
Remembrance Day.” The proclamation must, without limitation, 26
call upon the news media, state and local officers, public schools 27
and other public and private entities to bring to the attention of the 28
people in the State of Nevada information about the Holocaust 29
and other genocides throughout history and the importance of 30
remembering the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides. 31
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