Bill > HR0074

Introduced Session

Honors the memory of the Jewish people who were victims of the Holocaust and recognizes the bravery of survivors who have shared their stories with the world. Honors the memory of the millions of additional people, including prisoners of war, ethnic Poles, Romani people, Serbian civilians, people with disabilities, political opponents and dissenters, people labeled as asocial, Jehovah's Witnesses, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, and Black Germans, who were persecuted and murdered by the Nazi state and their collaborators. Expresses gratitude for the soldiers, resistance fighters, and all those who helped defeat the Nazi regime and end the Holocaust. Expresses gratitude for the American soldiers who fought around the world during World War II, including the over 980,000 men and women from Illinois who served in the U.S. Armed Forces and the approximately 22,000 who gave their lives in pursuit of liberty. Expresses gratitude for the American forces that liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945, and who would go on that month to liberate concentration camps at Dachau, Dora-Mittelbau, and Flossenburg before liberating Mauthausen in early May 1945. Urges all Illinoisans to commit to learning about the Holocaust in order to ensure that such atrocities are never perpetrated again. Urges all Illinoisans to enhance their efforts to combat antisemitism, bigotry, intolerance, and racism.

Tracy Katz Muhl (D)*,  Mary Beth Canty (D),  Kelly Cassidy (D),  Sharon Chung (D),  Terra Costa Howard (D),  Michael Crawford (D),  Margaret Croke (D),  Martha Deuter (D),  Dan Didech (D),  Laura Faver Dias (D),  Robyn Gabel (D),  Jen Gong-Gershowitz (D),  Nicolle Grasse (D),  Will Guzzardi (D),  Matt Hanson (D),  Sonya Harper (D),  Lisa Hernandez (D),  Maura Hirschauer (D),  Hoan Huynh (D),  Lilian Jiménez (D),  Gregg Johnson (D),  Stephanie Kifowit (D),  Tony McCombie (R),  Anna Moeller (D),  Bob Morgan (D),  Kevin Olickal (D),  Abdelnasser Rashid (D),  Rick Ryan (D),  Brandun Schweizer (R),  Dave Severin (R),  Justin Slaughter (D),  Nabeela Syed (D),  Chris Welch (D),  Maurice West (D),  Ann Williams (D), 

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed (on 05/19/2025)

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