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HB22
WQLV5E9-1
By Representative Givan
RFD: State Government
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 08-Jul-24
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PFD: 08-Jul-24
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing federal law, Juneteenth is a
federal holiday.
This bill would add Juneteenth as a state
holiday.
This bill would also delete duplicative language
and 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 add Juneteenth as a state holiday;
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) The following days are state holidays: Sunday,
Christmas Day,
(1) New Year's Day, January 1.
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(1) New Year's Day, January 1.
(2) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday , and Robert E.
Lee's birthday, the third Monday in January.
(3) George Washington's birthday , and Thomas
Jefferson's birthday, Confederate Memorial Day, National the
third Monday in February.
(4) Confederate Memorial Day, the fourth Monday in
April.
(5) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. Jefferson
Davis' birthday,
(6) Jefferson Davis' birthday, the first Monday in
June.
(7) Juneteenth, June 19. the
(8) The Fourth day of July, July 4.
(9) Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
(10) Columbus Day,and Fraternal Day, and American
Indian Heritage Day, the second Monday in October.
(11) Veterans' Day, November 11.American Indian
Heritage Day, and the day
(12) Thanksgiving Day, as designated by the Governor
for public thanksgiving shall each be deemed a holiday .
(13) Christmas Day, December 25.
(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) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), all
state holidays shall be observed by the closing of all state
offices. In addition, Veterans' Day shall be observed by the
closing of all state, county, and municipal offices , all banks
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closing of all state, county, and municipal offices , all banks
located within this state, and the all public K-12 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 and
Memorial Day shall be observed by the closing of all public
K-12 schools and all public two-year and four-year
institutions of higher education .
(d) The Superintendent of Banks, with the concurrence
of not less than two members of the state Banking Board, may
authorize anythe closure of state bank to close on National
Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, 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 holidaysholiday
or by the President of the United States to be a federal
holiday in honor of a special event. If any authorizeda 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 daysthe 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.
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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 legalstate 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)In addition to the legal holidays provided above
allAll state employees ,exceptother 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
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 subdivision 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.
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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, thatIn 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
openingsopening 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) 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
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
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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) 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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