Florida Senate - 2025                            (NP)    SR 1904
       
       
        
       By Senator Brodeur
       
       
       
       
       
       10-04242-25                                           20251904__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing and commending the National
    3         Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th
    4         anniversary in 2025.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, the National Conference of State Legislatures
    7  (NCSL) was founded in 1975 and has evolved during the past half
    8  century to become the premier organization dedicated solely to
    9  serving state and territorial legislators and legislative staff,
   10  and
   11         WHEREAS, the NCSL was created from the merger of three
   12  organizations that served or represented state legislatures and
   13  shared the belief that legislative service is one of democracy’s
   14  worthiest pursuits, and
   15         WHEREAS, the NCSL is a bipartisan organization with three
   16  objectives: to advance the effectiveness, independence, and
   17  integrity of state legislatures; to foster interstate
   18  communication and cooperation; and to ensure that states have a
   19  strong, cohesive voice at the federal level, and
   20         WHEREAS, our nation’s legislatures are America’s
   21  laboratories of democracy, where people from very different
   22  backgrounds and representing very different communities can come
   23  together and find common ground, and
   24         WHEREAS, the NCSL facilitates the exchange of ideas,
   25  provides critical research and information, and encourages a
   26  rigorous review of complex issues confronting our communities,
   27  states, and nation, and it strives to strengthen the bond
   28  between America’s state legislatures and the international
   29  community, NOW, THEREFORE,
   30  
   31  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   32  
   33         That the National Conference of State Legislatures is
   34  recognized and commended on the occasion of its 50th anniversary
   35  for its superb leadership and its commitment to the legislative
   36  institution.
   37         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   38  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the National
   39  Conference of State Legislatures as a tangible token of the
   40  sentiments of the Florida Senate.