2025 Regular SessionIndiana Legislature

HB1591: Victims of Communism Remembrance Day.

Legislative Summary

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.

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Bill History

1/21/2025
Authored by Representative Carbaugh
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
House of Representatives

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/21/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Government and Regulatory Reform(House of Representatives)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/15/2025113.2 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/15/202562.1 KB