Bill Text: IA HF884 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing Juneteenth as a legal public holiday and paid holiday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-21 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 984. [HF884 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF884-Introduced.html
House
File
884
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
884
BY
GAINES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
Juneteenth
as
a
legal
public
holiday
and
1
paid
holiday.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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884
Section
1.
Section
1C.1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
1
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
Juneteenth
Day,
the
third
Monday
in
3
June.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
1C.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
5
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
6
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0d.
Juneteenth
Day,
the
third
Monday
in
7
June.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
establishes
Juneteenth
Day,
the
third
Monday
in
12
June,
as
a
legal
public
holiday
and
a
paid
holiday
for
state
13
employees.
Juneteenth
celebrates
the
emancipation
of
people
14
previously
enslaved
in
the
United
States.
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