BillTrack50 logo
Free Signup Login
Bill

Bill > SJR017

CO SJR017

CO SJR017
Honoring Daniel T. Griffin

summary

Introduced
03/27/2025
In Committee
04/16/2025
Crossed Over
04/16/2025
Passed
04/23/2025
Dead

Introduced Session

2025 Regular Session

Bill Summary

25-017 CONCERNING HONORING PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS DANIEL T. GRIFFIN, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, DESIGNATING THE NORTH ACADEMY BRIDGE AS THE "NAVAL AVIATION PILOT AND AVIATION MACHINIST MATE PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS DANIEL T. GRIFFIN BRIDGE".

AI Summary

This joint resolution honors Petty Officer First Class Daniel T. Griffin, a Colorado Springs native and naval enlisted pilot who was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. The resolution designates the North Academy Bridge spanning Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs as the "Naval Aviation Pilot and Aviation Machinist Mate Petty Officer First Class Daniel T. Griffin Bridge" to commemorate his sacrifice. Griffin is believed to be the first Coloradan and potentially the first American serviceman killed during the Japanese attack, having been shot down while attempting to take off in a PBY Catalina aircraft and then fatally wounded while swimming to shore. The resolution notes that after his death, Admiral Chester Nimitz issued a citation recognizing Griffin's valor, and the U.S. Navy commissioned a destroyer escort in his name in 1943. The Colorado Department of Transportation is authorized to explore a cooperative agreement with the Colorado Springs City Council for maintaining signs marking the bridge, and copies of the resolution will be sent to the City Council, the CDOT Executive Director, and the Transportation Commission of Colorado.

Sponsors (78)

Larry Liston (R)*,  Rose Pugliese (R)*,  Judy Amabile (D),  Ryan Armagost (R),  Jennifer Bacon (D),  Mark Baisley (R),  Matt Ball (D),  Carlos Barron (R),  Shannon Bird (D),  Andrew Boesenecker (D),  Brandi Bradley (R),  Jeff Bridges (D),  Scott Bright (R),  Max Brooks (R),  Kyle Brown (D),  Jarvis Caldwell (R),  Sean Camacho (D),  John Carson (R),  Marc Catlin (R),  Chad Clifford (D),  James Coleman (D),  Lisa Cutter (D),  Lindsey Daugherty (D),  Ken Degraaf (R),  Monica Duran (D),  Cecelia Espenoza (D),  Tony Exum (D),  Lisa Feret (D),  Lisa Frizell (R),  Lorena García (D),  Lori Garcia Sander (R),  Julie Gonzales (D),  Ryan Gonzalez (R),  Eliza Hamrick (D),  Tony Hartsook (R),  Nick Hinrichsen (D),  Jamie Jackson (D),  Iman Jodeh (D),  Dusty Johnson (R),  Rebecca Keltie (R),  Cathy Kipp (D),  Barbara Kirkmeyer (R),  Chris Kolker (D),  Mandy Lindsay (D),  Stephanie Luck (R),  Meghan Lukens (D),  Paul Lundeen (R),  Javier Mabrey (D),  Bob Marshall (D),  Matt Martinez (D),  Julie McCluskie (D),  Karen McCormick (D),  Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D),  Kyle Mullica (D),  Amy Paschal (D),  Byron Pelton (R),  Rod Pelton (R),  Jacqueline Phillips (D),  Janice Rich (R),  Chris Richardson (R),  Dylan Roberts (D),  Robert Rodriguez (D),  Manny Rutinel (D),  Cleave Simpson (R),  Emily Sirota (D),  Marc Snyder (D),  Katie Stewart (D),  Tammy Story (D),  Larry Suckla (R),  Tom Sullivan (D),  Rick Taggart (R),  Brianna Titone (D),  Katie Wallace (D),  Ron Weinberg (R),  Michael Weissman (D),  Faith Winter (D),  Steven Woodrow (D),  Dan Woog (R), 

Last Action

Signed by the Speaker of the House (on 04/23/2025)

bill text

bill summary

Loading...

bill summary

Loading...
Loading...