States findings of the Legislature and formally acknowledges the loss of all of Idaho's fallen miners and declares every May 2 Miners Memorial Day.

This resolution acknowledges the importance and contributions of mining and miners’ lives throughout Idaho’s history and the 50th anniversary of the tragic Sunshine Mine fire which took the lives of 91 miners on May 2, 1972. It pays tribute to the loss of all of Idaho’s fallen miners, the efforts to save them by Mine Rescue Teams and the grief felt by their families and communities, and will commemorate May 2 from 2022 and every year forward, so that it will be known in Idaho as “Miners’ Memorial Day”.