Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma-to-Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which served as a catalyst for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
This is a Senate Resolution (J 489), not a legislative bill. It commemorates the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) and the Selma-to-Montgomery march, which directly led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The resolution contains historical context about the violence faced by marchers and the passage of the Voting Rights Act, but it has no policy impact - it solely requests the legislative body to pause for commemoration and sends a copy to the NAACP. As a procedural resolution, it does not affect any policies or people.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Mar 11, 2025
Last action Mar 11, 2025
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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Total actions
2
Key actions
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Committee
1
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
ADOPTED
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
upper
1 primary · 62 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Alexis Weik
RRepublican/Conservative
Co
Andrew Gounardes
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Lanza
RRepublican/Conservative/Independence/Reform
Co
April Baskin
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Weber
RRepublican/Conservative
Co
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Brian Kavanagh
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Ryan
DDemocratic
Co
Cordell Cleare
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Stec
RRepublican/Conservative/Independence
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