Subject Holidays and Special Dates | Current
State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SB7 | Requiring the Governor to proclaim the month of March each year as Irish American Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 |
| MD | SB17 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim October 3 as German-American Heritage Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 |
| MD | SB42 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 1 as Maryland Emancipation Day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 |
| MD | HB9 | Requiring a food establishment, beginning March 1, 2014, to display a specified poster relating to food allergies; requiring, on or before January 1, 2014, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Restaurant Association o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 |
| MD | HB34 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim October as German-American Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 |
| MD | HB37 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the second Thursday in May as Maryland Centenarians Day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB77 | Requiring the Governor to proclaim the month of March each year as Irish American Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607 |
| MD | SB118 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first Monday of October to be Young Heroes Day, in recognition of positive contributions that minors have made to society. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 |
| MD | SB152 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first Monday in November as Youth Political Awareness Day; and requiring that the proclamation urge specified organizations to observe Youth Political Awareness Day properly. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 |
| MD | SB175 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the second Thursday in May as Maryland Centenarians Day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 199 |
| MD | HB167 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 1 as Maryland Emancipation Day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352 |
| MD | SB255 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the last day in February as Rare Disease Day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 |
| MD | SB390 | Requiring a food establishment, beginning March 1, 2014, to display a specified poster relating to food allergies; requiring, on or before January 1, 2014, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Restaurant Association o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 |
| MD | HB665 | Specifying that a law enforcement employee of any unit of State government, instead of only specified law enforcement employees of the Department of State Police and the Department of Natural Resources, who works on specified holidays is entitled to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 131 |
| MD | HB707 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first Monday of October to be Young Heroes Day, in recognition of positive contributions that minors have made to society. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 |
| MD | SB856 | Repealing the requirement that the Monday after Easter be a public school holiday; and specifying that, at the option of a county board, the Monday after Easter may be a public school holiday. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1069 | Prohibiting public schools and publicly funded prekindergarten programs from opening for pupil attendance prior to the day after Labor Day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| MD | HB1049 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first Monday in November as Youth Political Awareness Day; and requiring that the proclamation urge specified organizations to observe Youth Political Awareness Day properly. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| MD | HB1016 | Repealing the requirement that the Monday after Easter be a public school holiday; and specifying that, at the option of a county board, the Monday after Easter may be a public school holiday. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| MD | HB1352 | Requiring, except under specified circumstances, the Governor annually to issue an order, in observance of Earth Hour, that the lights of Government House and the State House be turned off on the last Saturday of March at 8:30 p.m. and remain off for... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-04 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1341 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB1067 | Establishing the Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution; requiring the Commission to take actions and make recommendations regarding commemoration of women's suf... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 603 |
| MD | HB1535 | Establishing the Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution; requiring the Commission to take actions and make recommendations regarding commemoration of women's suf... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB963 | Establishing the Task Force to Study a Post-Labor Day Start Date for Maryland Public Schools; providing for the membership, chair, and staff for the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study issues relating to a post-Labor Day start date for Mary... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 336 |
| MD | HB1502 | Establishing the Task Force to Study a Post-Labor Day Start Date for Maryland Public Schools; providing for the membership, chair, and staff for the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study issues relating to a post-Labor Day start date for Mary... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
