Ethiopian New Year Day Recognition Resolution of 2024
This ceremonial resolution officially recognizes September 11, 2024, as Ethiopian New Year Day in the District of Columbia. The bill honors Enkutatash, a festival celebrating the return of Queen Makeda, and acknowledges the significant Ethiopian and Eritrean communities in the Washington, DC area. It calls on residents to join with local Ethiopian and Eritrean neighbors in celebrating the occasion, which coincides with a gala dinner at the Watergate Hotel.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2024
Committee Review
Council Passage
Sep 2024
Signed into Law
Sep 2024
Introduced Sep 12, 2024
Signed Sep 17, 2024
Floor votes · Council Sep 17, 2024
How they voted
12–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 13
Sep 17, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Sep 17, 2024
Council · Passed
Council Vote: pass (12-0-1)
council
Sep 12, 2024
Introduced
CER25-0259 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brooke Pinto
DDemocratic
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