Indiana House Bill 1591

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-21 - First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
Pending: House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Victims of Communism Remembrance Day. Requires the governor to annually issue a proclamation designating the seventh day of November as Victims of Communism Remembrance Day. Provides that suitable exercises in appropriate and solemn remembrance of the estimated 100,000,000 people whose deaths are attributed to the actions or policies of the world's communist regimes must be held in Indiana. Provides that a school corporation must include a study of the deaths attributed to the world's communist regimes in the school corporation's social studies curriculum. Requires the state board of education to adopt standards for teaching United States history in grade 9 through grade 12 that require at least 45 minutes of instruction on the history of communism.

Victims of Communism Remembrance Day.

Rep. Martin Carbaugh [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-21	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2025-01-21	House	Authored by Representative Carbaugh

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1591/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1591/HB1591.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1591/fiscal-notes/HB1591.01.INTR.FN001.pdf