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SENATE BILL 1732
By Stevens
HOUSE BILL 1529
By Bulso
HB1529
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15,
Chapter 2, relative to days of special observance.
WHEREAS, the rule of law is the capstone of our constitutional order and the crown
jewel of the American way of life; and
WHEREAS, beginning with the ratification of the Constitution on September 17, 1787,
people and nations near and far have looked to the United States as a guiding light of liberty
and justice; and
WHEREAS, for centuries, the world has revered America for its devotion to the timeless
principle of equal justice under the law; and
WHEREAS, as we continue the work to maintain justice in our courtrooms, order on our
streets, and respect for our laws, we recognize that the forces of collectivism, whose lies and
false promises were responsible for the deaths of more than 100 million souls in the 20th
Century alone, have not yet been defeated and remain an imminent threat to the American way
of life; and
WHEREAS, President Dwight D. Eisenhower first proclaimed May 1 as "Loyalty Day" in
1955 to counter commemorations of May Day — which was frequently celebrated by communist
groups — and to serve as a beacon of hope to all those still blighted by the horrors and
injustices of communism and tyranny; and
WHEREAS, as President Ronald Reagan famously remarked in his 1989 Farewell
Address, our nation stands before the entire world as a "tall, proud city built on rocks stronger
than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony
and peace…."; and
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WHEREAS, for 250 years, the United States has proudly carried forth a grand tradition
of legal and political thought stretching back to the earliest days of Western civilization, and we
wish to renew our commitment to the constitutional rule of law as our pride, our glory, and an
enduring source of American greatness; and
WHEREAS, on May 1, 2025, the President of the United States issued a proclamation
designating Loyalty Day and Law Day, U.S.A., 2025; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that Tennessee, which entered the Federal Union on June
1, 1796, as the 16th State of the United States, join the United States of America and those
states that observe May 1 of every year as "Law Day"; now, therefore,
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, Chapter 2, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
May 1 of each year is observed as "Law Day," to honor the rule of law as the
bedrock of our political system.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.