SR42: SR42 International Holocaust Remembrance Day; recognize January 27, 2025

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia Senate rather than a law that changes any statute. It recognizes January 27, 2025 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the Soviet army's liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. The resolution recounts the history of the Holocaust, including the murder of six million Jews and millions of other victims under Nazi Germany, and references Georgia's 1998 creation of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust (established by HB 1664) as a state agency for Holocaust education. It formally resolves that the Senate recognizes the day, and directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

• Formally recognizes January 27, 2025 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day through a Senate resolution.
• Recounts the history of the Holocaust and the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet forces on January 27, 1945.
• References the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, the state agency created in 1998 to run Holocaust education programs.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make copies of the resolution available to the public and press.

This resolution primarily affects the Georgia Senate itself as a symbolic statement. It also touches the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, referenced as the state agency responsible for Holocaust education, and the broader public through its distribution to the press.

Because this is a resolution rather than a law, it does not change any Georgia statute, create funding, or impose requirements. Its practical effect is symbolic: a public statement from the Senate marking a historical anniversary and reaffirming state recognition of Holocaust remembrance.

• The preamble (whereas clauses) recounts the Holocaust's history, the 1998 creation of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, and the January 27, 1945 liberation of Auschwitz.
• The first resolving clause has the Senate recognize January 27, 2025 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
• The second resolving clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

1. 2025-01-29Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-01-27Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Kay Kirkpatrick (R, SD-032)Primary sponsor
• John Albers (R, SD-056)
• Matt Brass (R, SD-006)
• Timothy Bearden (R, SD-030)
• Ben Watson (R, SD-001)
• Jason Anavitarte (R, SD-031)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)
• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)
• Sonya Halpern (D, SD-039)

• Holocaust remembrance
• Georgia Senate resolutions
• Holocaust education
• Auschwitz liberation anniversary