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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5409
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 2403
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT DESIGNATING VARIOUS DAYS AND WEEKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivisions (113) and (114) of subsection (a) of section 10-1
29a of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the 2
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 3
(113) The Governor shall proclaim September fourteenth of each year 4
to be Free Enterprise Day, to recognize the innovative spirit of 5
entrepreneurs and the contributions that [free enterprise has] they have 6
made to the state's economy. Suitable exercises may be held in the State 7
Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of 8
the day. 9
(114) The Governor shall proclaim September seventeenth of each 10
year to be Constitution Day, to commemorate the formation and signing 11
of the United States Constitution, and to recognize Connecticut as 12
having the first written constitution of a democratic government. 13
Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the 14 Raised Bill No. 5409
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Governor designates for the observance of the day. 15
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10-29a of the 2024 supplement to the 16
general statutes is amended by adding subdivisions (118) to (123), 17
inclusive, as follows (Effective from passage): 18
(NEW) (118) The Governor shall proclaim April eleventh of each year 19
as Parkinson's Awareness Day, to raise awareness of the neurological 20
condition of Parkinson's disease and available treatments for it. Suitable 21
exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the 22
Governor designates for the observance of the day. 23
(NEW) (119) The Governor shall proclaim April twenty-sixth of each 24
year as Tuskegee Airmen Day, to recognize the significant contribution 25
of the first African American military fighter pilots in American history 26
who served during World War II, and whose impressive performance 27
earned them more than one hundred fifty Distinguished Flying Crosses. 28
Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the 29
Governor designates for the observance of the day. 30
(NEW) (120) The Governor shall proclaim May fifth of each year as 31
Red Dress Day, to commemorate missing and murdered indigenous 32
women and children. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol 33
and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day. 34
(NEW) (121) The Governor shall proclaim May tenth of each year as 35
Dystonia Awareness Day, to raise awareness of the movement disorder 36
of dystonia that causes muscles to contract involuntarily and available 37
treatments for it. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and 38
elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day. 39
(NEW) (122) The Governor shall proclaim May thirteenth to May 40
nineteenth of each year as Face Equity Week, and May nineteenth of 41
each year as Face Equity Day, to recognize those with craniofacial 42
abnormalities. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and 43
elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the week 44
and day. 45 Raised Bill No. 5409
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(NEW) (123) The Governor shall proclaim June first of each year as 46
Barber Recognition Day, to honor barbers in the state. Suitable exercises 47
may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor 48
designates for the observance of the day. 49
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 10-29a(a)(113) and (114)
Sec. 2 from passage 10-29a(a)(118) to (123)
Statement of Purpose:
To designate various days and weeks and revise existing designations.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]