Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB83: Designates “Larry Itliong Day” as a day of observance in this State. (BDR 19-99)
Status: Vetoed, June 3, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to days of observance; requiring the Governor to annually proclaim October 25 to be "Larry Itliong Day" in the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Under existing law, various days, weeks and months of observance are recognized in this State. (NRS 236.018-236.095) This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim October 25 to be "Larry Itliong Day" in the State of Nevada. EXPLANATION - Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
From the enrolled text, May 26, 2025:
AN ACT relating to days of observance; requiring the Governor to annually proclaim October 25 to be "Larry Itliong Day" in the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Under existing law, various days, weeks and months of observance are recognized in this State. (NRS 236.018-236.095) This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim October 25 to be "Larry Itliong Day" in the State of Nevada. EXPLANATION - Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. WHEREAS, October 25 is the anniversary of the birth of Modesto "Larry" Dulay Itliong in the Philippines; and WHEREAS, After immigrating to the United States as a teenager in 1929, Larry Itliong began working as a farm laborer and in the canneries of Alaska, where he helped found the Alaska Cannery Workers Union; and WHEREAS, After his service in the U.S. Army during World War II, Larry Itliong moved to Stockton, California, where he continued his labor organization work, becoming a leader in the Filipino-American community of respected elders in the farm labor movement known as the "Manongs"; and WHEREAS, Larry Itliong founded the Filipino Farm Labor Union in 1956 and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) in 1959; and WHEREAS, Larry Itliong played an instrumental role in leading the …