Bill Text: NY S06179 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6179

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as public holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-4)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S06179 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06179-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6179

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN  ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to establish-
          ing Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as public holidays

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 24 of the general construction law, as amended by
     2  chapter 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
     4  the following days in each year: the first day of January, known as  New
     5  Year's  day;  the  third  Monday  of January, known as Dr. Martin Luther
     6  King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
     7  the third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday;  the  last
     8  Monday  in  May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known
     9  as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth
    10  day of July, known as Independence day; the first Monday  in  September,
    11  known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;
    12  the  eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thurs-
    13  day in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day  of
    14  December,  known  as  Christmas day; the holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid
    15  Ul-Adha, as affixed by Muslim religious law and tradition, and if any of
    16  such days except Flag day is  Sunday,  the  next  day  thereafter;  each
    17  general  election  day,  and  each day appointed by the president of the
    18  United States or by the governor of this  state  as  a  day  of  general
    19  thanksgiving,  general  fasting  and  prayer, or other general religious
    20  observances. The term half-holiday includes  the  period  from  noon  to
    21  midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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