Bill Text: TX HB522 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of Celebration of Life Day as a state holiday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 45-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB522 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB522-Introduced.html

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88R1250 RDS-D
By: Cain H.B. No. 522

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of Celebration of Life Day as a state
holiday.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.006(f)(2), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(2) "State holiday" means a state holiday under
Sections 662.003(b)(1) through (7) [(6)], Government Code.
SECTION 2. Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A state holiday includes only the following days:
(1) the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes Day,"
in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate
heroes;
(2) the second day of March, "Texas Independence Day";
(3) the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";
(4) the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in Texas,"
in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;
(5) the 24th day of June, "Celebration of Life Day";
(6) [(5)] the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines
Johnson Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines
Johnson;
(7) [(6)] the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;
(8) [(7)] the 24th day of December; and
(9) [(8)] the 26th day of December.
SECTION 3. Section 662.021, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 662.021. DATES OF HOLIDAYS. A legal holiday includes
only the following days:
(1) a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and
(2) a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1)
through (7) [(6)].
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.