Bill Text: MI SB0235 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Holidays: other; "Blue Star Mothers Day"; designate as February 1. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-30 - Assigned Pa 0069'24 With Immediate Effect [SB0235 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB0235-Chaptered.html
Act No. 69
Public Acts of 2024
Approved by the Governor
July 8, 2024
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 8, 2024
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 2024
state of michigan
102nd Legislature
Regular session of 2024
Introduced by Senators Outman, Cherry, Santana, Klinefelt, Bumstead and Hoitenga
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 235
AN ACT to designate February 1 of each year as Blue Star Mothers Day.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. is a national organization of mothers whose sons and daughters serve honorably in the nation’s armed forces. Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. was founded in Flint, Michigan, in 1942. The purposes and activities of Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. include all of the following:
(a) Perpetuating the memory of the men and women who have served our country as members of the armed forces.
(b) Welcoming home returning veterans.
(c) Visiting wounded veterans in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.
(d) Assisting in veterans’ ceremonies.
(e) Attending patriotic rallies and meetings.
(f) Maintaining true allegiance to the government of the United States.
(g) Upholding the American institutions of freedom, justice, and equal rights.
(h) Caring for the unsupported mothers who gave their sons and daughters to the service of the nation.
(i) Providing moral support for members.
(2) In recognition of the
contributions that Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. has made to our state and
nation, the legislature declares that February 1 of each year shall be known as
“Blue Star Mothers Day”.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor