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       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 14-019
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Hodge and Grantham, Aguilar, Balmer,
       Baumgardner, Brophy, Cadman, Crowder, Guzman, Harvey, Heath,
       Herpin, Hill, Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, King, Lambert,
       Lundberg, Marble, Newell, Nicholson, Rivera, Roberts, Scheffel,
       Schwartz, Steadman, Tochtrop, Todd, Ulibarri, Zenzinger, Carroll;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Singer and Buck, Becker, Buckner, Conti,
       Coram, Court, Duran, Everett, Exum, Fields, Fischer, Foote, Garcia,
       Gardner, Gerou, Ginal, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst, Humphrey, Joshi,
       Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Labuda, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, May,
       McCann, McNulty, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Murray, Navarro,
       Pabon, Peniston, Pettersen, Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal, Ryden,
       Saine, Salazar, Schafer, Scott, Sonnenberg, Stephens, Swalm, Szabo,
       Tyler, Vigil, Waller, Williams, Wilson, Wright, Young, Ferrandino.
       
       
          CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MARCH 16 AS
       LIBERTY DAY. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, The liberties we have today were established in our
       founding documents, namely the Declaration of Independence and the
       United States Constitution with its Bill of Rights; and
       
          WHEREAS, James Madison was a contributing author of the Virginia
       Plan, used during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the model for
       forming a constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation; and
       
          WHEREAS, As one of the authors of the essays now known as the
       Federalist Papers, James Madison helped educate the public about the
       aims, merits, and context of the new Constitution; and
       
          WHEREAS, Although sometimes referred to as the "Father of the
       Constitution", Madison insisted that the document was not "the off-spring
       of a single brain" but "the work of many heads and many hands"; and
       
          WHEREAS, James Madison kept written records of the debates of the
       Constitutional Convention of 1787, giving us insight into both the
       impassioned debate and difficult compromise necessary to create and
       adopt the Constitution; and
       
          WHEREAS, James Madison served in the United States House of
       Representatives from 1789 until 1797, during which time he introduced
       into Congress the Bill of Rights, which was ratified by the states in 1791;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, James Madison served as Secretary of State from 1801
       until 1809 and as President of the United States from 1809 until 1817;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, With his life's work, James Madison helped create the
       bedrock of liberty this nation was built upon, and in his thoughtful
       leadership and authorship we have a blueprint for effective governing;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, Sunday, March 16, 2014, is the birthday of James
       Madison; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          That Sunday, March 16, 2014, be proclaimed Liberty Day in Colorado
       and that March 2014 be proclaimed Liberty Month in Colorado.
       
                    Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       Jane Goff, Elaine Gantz Berman, Debora Scheffel, Pam Mazanec, Marcia
       Neal, Angelika Schroeder, Paul Lundeen, Robert Hammond, and Carey
       Taylor Markel, the members of the State Board of Education.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Morgan Carroll                       Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES