A resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.

Bill: 118-sres-663
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-04-23
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Congressional tributes

Crime victims

Elementary and secondary education

Firearms and explosives

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2994; text: CR S3001)

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-04-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution remembers the victims and honors the survivors on the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.</p>

action_date: 2024-04-23
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This resolution remembers the victims and honors the survivors on the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.</p>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 663 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 23, 2024 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.

Whereas, on April 20, 1999, Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado was the site of a devastating shooting that resulted in the deaths of 12 students and 1 teacher, left more than 20 others injured, and forever changed the lives of the family members, classmates, friends and others in the school and community of the victims; Whereas the 13 innocent victims killed in the shooting were— (1) Cassie Bernall; (2) Steve Curnow; (3) Corey DePooter; (4) Kelly Fleming; (5) Matt Kechter; (6) Daniel Mauser; (7) Daniel Rohrbough; (8) Dave Sanders; (9) Rachel Scott; (10) Isaiah Shoels; (11) John Tomlin; (12) Lauren Townsend; and (13) Kyle Velasquez; and Whereas the community has continued to remember and honor those who died through the Columbine Memorial located in Clement Park in Littleton, Colorado: Now, therefore, be it

That, on this 25th anniversary, the Senate— (1) remembers the victims and honors the survivors of the Columbine High School shooting; and (2) reaffirms its commitment to fostering safe educational environments for all students.