2015 Senate Bill 670

Create World War I centennial commission

Introduced in the Senate

Dec. 15, 2015

Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-18)

To create a state World War I centennial commission that would plan and encourage activities to commemorate the centennial of World War I. Also called The Great War, WW I began in August of 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918; the United States entered in April 1917. World War I was the first fully “industrialized” war, introducing on a mass scale modern machine guns, artillery, poison gas, aerial bombing and more.

Referred to the Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Homeland Security

June 7, 2016

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Oct. 19, 2016

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

Oct. 19, 2016

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations