Bill Text: TX SB91 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the creation and elimination of certain state holidays.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB91 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB91-Introduced.html
  88R223 SGM-D
 
  By: Johnson S.B. No. 91
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation and elimination of certain state holidays.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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";
               (2) [(3)]  the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";
               (3) [(4)]  the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in
  Texas," in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;
               (4)  the 28th day of June, "Celebration of Suffrage
  Day," in honor of the centuries-long struggle to bring the right of
  suffrage to all Americans;
               (5)  the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines Johnson
  Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson;
               (6)  the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;
               (7)  the 24th day of December; and
               (8)  the 26th day of December.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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