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HB155
IU5KWZZ-1
By Representative Hall
RFD: State Government
First Read: 04-Feb-25
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First Read: 04-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
Existing law establishes state holidays.
This bill would specify that the State of
Alabama shall observe as holidays all days designated
as a holiday by the federal government.
This bill would delete duplicative language and
would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to
update the existing code language to current style.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to state holidays; to amend Section 1-3-8,
Code of Alabama 1975; to specify that the State of Alabama
shall observe as holidays all days designated as a holiday by
the federal government; and to delete duplicative language and
make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the
existing code language to current style.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 1-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง1-3-8
(a) Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin
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(a) Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, Robert E. Lee's birthday, George
Washington's birthday, Thomas Jefferson's birthday,
Confederate Memorial Day, National Memorial Day, Jefferson
Davis' birthday, the Fourth day of July, Labor Day, Columbus
Day and Fraternal Day, Veterans' Day, American Indian Heritage
Day, and the day designated by the Governor for public
thanksgiving shall each be deemed a holiday. If any holiday
falls on Sunday, the following day is the holiday. If any
holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding day is the holiday.
Veterans' Day shall be observed by the closing of all state,
county, and municipal offices, all banks located within this
state, and the public schools on such day. Public schools,
grades K to 12, inclusive, and all public two-year
institutions of higher education shall also be closed on
National Memorial Day, and such closing shall be applicable to
all students and non-essential employees. The State of Alabama
shall recognize and observe the following days as public and
legal holidays:
(1) All days which have been designated as of January
1, 2025, as public and legal holidays by the federal
government.
(2) All other days designated and proclaimed by the
Governor as public and legal holidays or as days of fasting
and prayer or other religious observance. If the Governor
designates additional days pursuant to this subdivision, the
Governor shall include at least one of the following dates:
a. The third Monday in January.
b. The fourth Monday in April.
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b. The fourth Monday in April.
c. The first Monday in June.
d. A suitable date in lieu thereof to commemorate the
event or events observed by the dates in paragraphs a. through
c.
(b) If any holiday falls on Sunday, the following day
is the holiday. If any holiday falls on Saturday, the
preceding day is the holiday.
(c) The Governor shall close all state offices and
facilities a minimum of 13 days throughout the year and not
more than 13 days in observance of the public and legal
holidays and other days set forth in subsection (a). The
Governor shall also specify the days state offices and
facilities shall be closed in observation of public and legal
holidays.
(d) The Superintendent of Banks, with the concurrence
of not less than two members of the state Banking Board, may
authorize any state bank to close on National Memorial Day,
the last Monday in May, the closure of state banks in
observance of any state or federal holiday and on such any
other days day as may be declared by the Governor to be a
state holidays holiday or by the President of the United
States to be a federal holiday in honor of a special event. If
any authorized a state holiday falls on Friday, the
Superintendent of Banks may authorize the Saturday following
that Friday to be a holiday. The superintendent may also
authorize the closing of banks at 12:00 noon on the day prior
to Christmas Day, and the day prior to New Year's Day, if such
days the holidays fall on business days.
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days the holidays fall on business days.
(b) Of the above enumerated legal public holidays, the
following shall be observed on the dates herein prescribed:
(1) Robert E. Lee's birthday - the third Monday in
January.
(2) George Washington's birthday - the third Monday in
February.
(3) Confederate Memorial Day - the fourth Monday in
April.
(4) Jefferson Davis' birthday - the first Monday in
June.
(5) Columbus Day and Fraternal Day - the second Monday
in October.
(6) Veterans' Day - the eleventh day of November.
(7) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday - the third
Monday in January.
(8) National Memorial Day - the last Monday in May.
(9) Thomas Jefferson's birthday - the third Monday in
February.
(10) American Indian Heritage Day - the second Monday
in October.
(c)(e)(1) In addition to the legal holidays provided
above in subsection (a) , Mardi Gras shall be deemed a holiday
in Mobile and Baldwin Counties and all state offices shall be
closed in those counties on Mardi Gras.
(d)(2) All In addition to the legal holidays provided
above all state employees , except other than those employed in
Baldwin and Mobile Counties , shall be granted one personal
leave day per year. The personal leave day shall be granted on
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leave day per year. The personal leave day shall be granted on
January 1 of each year. All state employees employed in
Baldwin and Mobile Counties shall be granted no personal leave
day. All such personal leave days granted in any year pursuant
to this section shall be used by the end of the calendar year .
All such personal leave days shall and must be scheduled
during the year with the approval of the supervisor.
Supervisors failing to schedule personal leave days for
employees shall justify that action in writing to the Director
of State Personnel and the employee shall receive pay at a
rate not less than the employee's usual and customary rate of
pay for any personal leave day not taken by December 31 of
each year.
(e)(f)(1)All state holidays shall be observed by the
closing of all state offices. Any state office may remain open
on a state holiday upon written notice by the appointing
authority to the State Personnel Board at least 60 days in
advance of the holiday. Provided, that In addition, any state
office may be opened in the event of an emergency , and the
State Personnel Board may grant a blanket approval for the
openings opening of state offices needing to be open on
holidays on a regular basis for essential services.
(2) Any state employee working on a state holiday shall
receive a day of compensatory leave or paid compensation in
lieu of the holiday as provided herein .
(f)(g) Each employee shall attempt to schedule any
compensatory leave day provided in lieu of a regularly
scheduled holiday, subject to the approval of the his or her
supervisor, during the quarter that the regularly scheduled
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supervisor, during the quarter that the regularly scheduled
holiday occurred. If any compensatory leave day cannot be
scheduled during the designated quarter, the compensatory
leave day may be accumulated at the request of the employee
for up to one year. Supervisors failing to schedule
compensatory leave days for employees within the quarter,
unless the day is carried forward at the request of the
employee, shall justify that action in writing to the Director
of State Personnel and the employee shall receive pay at a
rate not less than the employee's usual and customary rate of
pay for any compensatory leave day to which the employee may
be entitled and which has not been taken.
(g)(1)(h)(1) The first day in December of each year is
designated as Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day in this state. All
citizens of this state are requested to devote some portion of
Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day to commemorate the accomplishments of
Mrs. Rosa L. Parks, a woman of great courage, vision, love,
and faith who helped usher in the modern civil rights movement
on December 1, 1955, by refusing to give up her seat on a bus
in Montgomery, Alabama. Each resident of this state is
requested to observe the day with appropriate activities.
(2) Each county and municipality may elect to observe
Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day as a holiday."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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