Remembering Bloody Sunday.
This is a commemorative resolution (not a policy bill) adopted by the Washington State Senate on March 7, 2025, to mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama (1965). It honors the bravery of civil rights activists like Amelia Boynton Robinson, John Lewis, and Jimmie Lee Jackson, who faced violent suppression while marching for voting rights. The resolution acknowledges the historical events that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and urges Washington citizens to remember this pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement. It has no legislative effect, serving solely as a symbolic recognition of these historical events.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2025
Last action Mar 7, 2025
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
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Total actions
1
Key actions
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Committee
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Mar 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted.
upper
1 primary · 25 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Lovick
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Cortes
DDemocratic
Co
Annette Cleveland
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Ramos
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Hasegawa
DDemocratic
Co
Claudia Kauffman
DDemocratic
Co
Curtis King
RRepublican
Co
Derek Stanford
DDemocratic
Co
Drew Hansen
DDemocratic
Co
Jamie Pedersen
DDemocratic
Co
Javier Valdez
DDemocratic
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