2020 House Resolution 279

To declare June 19, 2020, as Juneteenth Independence Day in the state of Michigan in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which the end of slavery was finally announced in every slave-holding state in the United States

Offered in the House

June 18, 2020

Offered by Rep. Tenisha Yancey (D-1)

Adopted in the House by voice vote