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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6054
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1491
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING ELECTION DAY AS AN OFFICIAL STATE
HOLIDAY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 1-4 of the general statutes be amended to designate as a 1
legal holiday the Tuesday after the first Monday in November and to 2
remove either Lincoln Day or Washington's Birthday as a legal 3
holiday. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To establish election day as an official state holiday for the purpose of
voting.