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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 182
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 646
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist.
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.
REP. RILEY, 46th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AND
JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY AS LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
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 redesignate 1
Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day and to establish Juneteenth 2
Independence Day as a legal holiday. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To redesignate Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day and to
establish Juneteenth Independence Day as a legal holiday.