Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island H8567: HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 19TH OF 2026 AS "GREEK AND PONTIC GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Status: Passed both chambers, May 19, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, May 19, 2026:
2026 -- H 8567 ======== LC006457 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ HOUSERESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 19TH OF 2026 AS "GREEK AND PONTIC GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Introduced By: Representatives Solomon, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Chippendale, Paplauskas, Casey, Kennedy, Ajello, Hopkins, and Shallcross Smith Date Introduced: May 19, 2026 Referred To: House read and passed WHEREAS, Rhode Island is proud to be the home of numerous ethnic communities, many of whom have prospered and enjoyed the freedom and democracy upon which our nation was founded; tragically, throughout history, the people of many countries have not realized the same autonomy and equality; and WHEREAS, From 1913 until 1923, in a systematic attempt to exterminate the entire Greek population in Pontus, Smyrna, Asia Minor, and Eastern Thrace of the Ottoman Empire took place. The Ottoman Turks directed the killing of 353,000 Pontian and over one million Anatolian and Asia Minor Greeks and over a million Armenians and 300,000 Assyrians living in Pontos, and Mesopotamia and an equal number who were forced to flee their homeland in one of the most condemnable atrocities in the history of the world; and WHEREAS, The Ottoman and Kemals Neo Turks engaged in forced relocation, death marches, starvation, slaughter, rape, forced conversion to Islam, conscription into labor battalions, arbitrary executions, and …
Sponsors
- Joseph Solomon (D) · primary sponsor
- Christopher Blazejewski (D)
- Katherine Kazarian (D, HD-063)
- Michael Chippendale (R, HD-040)
- Christopher Paplauskas (R)
- Stephen Casey (D, HD-050)
- Brian Kennedy (D, HD-038)
- Edith Ajello (D, HD-001)
- Marie Hopkins (R, HD-021)
- Ann Shallcross Smith, Mary (D, HD-046)
Latest actions
- : House read and passed
Subjects: RESOLUTIONS -- RECOGNITION AND COMMEMORATION
Common questions
- What is H8567?
- H8567 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 19TH OF 2026 AS "GREEK AND PONTIC GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
- What is the status of H8567?
- Passed both chambers as of May 19, 2026. Latest action: House read and passed (May 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored H8567?
- Joseph Solomon (D), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H8567?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8567.pdf
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