Full Text of SB1500 102nd General Assembly
SB1500sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Dan McConchie Filed: 4/21/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1500
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1500 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Findings. The General Assembly finds and | 5 | | declares the following: | 6 | | (1) The year 2021 marks 104 years since the Bolshevik | 7 | | Revolution in Russia, which resulted
in the world's first | 8 | | communist regime under Vladimir Lenin, and led to decades | 9 | | of oppression
and violence under communist regimes | 10 | | throughout the world. | 11 | | (2) Based on the philosophy of Karl Marx, communism
| 12 | | has proven incompatible with the ideals of liberty,
| 13 | | prosperity, and dignity of human life and has given rise | 14 | | to
such infamous totalitarian dictators as Joseph Stalin, | 15 | | Mao
Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Nicolae Ceausescu, the | 16 | | Castro
brothers, and the Kim dynasty. | 17 | | (3) Communist regimes worldwide have killed over |
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| 1 | | 100,000,000 people and subjected countless others to the | 2 | | worst and
most widespread human rights abuses known to | 3 | | history, with
victims representing many different | 4 | | ethnicities, creeds, and
backgrounds. | 5 | | (4) Communist regimes have, as a matter of government
| 6 | | policy, robbed their own citizens of the rights of freedom | 7 | | of
religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of association
| 8 | | through coercion, brutality, and fear. | 9 | | (5) Many victims of communism were persecuted as
| 10 | | political prisoners for speaking out against these | 11 | | regimes,
and others were killed in genocidal | 12 | | state-sponsored purges. | 13 | | (6) In addition to violating basic human rights,
| 14 | | communist regimes have suppressed freedom of conscience,
| 15 | | cultural life, and self-determination movements in over 40
| 16 | | nations. | 17 | | (7) A National Day for the Victims of Communism was
| 18 | | declared November 7, 2017, condemning communism as a | 19 | | political
philosophy incompatible with liberty, | 20 | | prosperity, and the
dignity of human life. | 21 | | (8) The State of Illinois further recognizes the | 22 | | necessity of educating
people about the ideology, history, | 23 | | and legacy of communism,
and honoring and remembering the | 24 | | people who have suffered and died under
communist regimes. | 25 | | Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by |
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| 1 | | adding Section 200 as follows: | 2 | | (5 ILCS 490/200 new) | 3 | | Sec. 200. Victims of Communism Memorial Day. November 7th | 4 | | of each year is designated as Victims of Communism Memorial | 5 | | Day to be observed throughout the State as a day to educate
| 6 | | people about the ideology, history, and legacy of communism,
| 7 | | and to honor and remember the people who have suffered and died | 8 | | under
communist regimes.
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.".
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