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| 2 | 2 | | *LGL012* 01/16/2025 8:33:31 AM LGL012 |
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| 3 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1162 3 |
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| 7 | 7 | | By: Representative Duffield 5 |
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| 10 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GOOD FRIDAY AS AN OFFICIAL STATE 9 |
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| 12 | 12 | | HOLIDAY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 10 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subtitle 13 |
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| 16 | 16 | | TO ESTABLISH GOOD FRIDAY AS AN OFFICIAL 14 |
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| 17 | 17 | | STATE HOLIDAY. 15 |
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| 19 | 19 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 1 -5-101 is amended to read as follows: 19 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1-5-101. Official holidays. 20 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) The following days are declared to be the sole official holidays 21 |
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| 24 | 24 | | applicable to state government in Arkansas: 22 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) New Year's Day — January 1; 23 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday — the third Monday in 24 |
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| 27 | 27 | | January; 25 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day — 26 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the third Monday in February; 27 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) Good Friday – the Friday immediately preceding Easter 28 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sunday; 29 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4)(5) Memorial Day — the last Monday in May; 30 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (5)(6) Independence Day — July 4; 31 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (6)(7) Labor Day — the first Monday in September; 32 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (7)(8) Veterans Day — November 11; 33 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (8)(9) Thanksgiving Day — the fourth Thursday in November; 34 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (9)(10) Christmas Eve — December 24; 35 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (10)(11) Christmas Day — December 25; and 36 HB1162 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (11)(12) An employee's birthday — an employee is granted one (1) 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | holiday to observe his or her birthday. 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) A holiday falling on a Saturday will be observed on the preceding 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Friday. A holiday falling on a Sunday will be observed on the succeeding 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Monday. 5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (c) It is the specific intent of the General Assembly that all state 6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | employees shall be entitled to eleven (11) twelve (12) paid holidays per 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | year. The Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate rules and 8 |
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| 49 | 49 | | regulations to assure this legislative intent. 9 |
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