Researcher: MHF Page 1 4/15/24
OLR Bill Analysis
SB 388
AN ACT DESIGNATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AS A LEGAL
HOLIDAY.
SUMMARY
This act establishes a new legal state holiday on an unspecified date
known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
The State Personnel Act mandates that each full-time permanent state
employee receives paid time off for legal holidays (CGS § 5-254). To the
extent it is considered a change in working conditions, an additional
paid day off may have to be negotiated with public employee collective
bargaining units.
By law, legal state holidays are also bank and credit union holidays,
during which time, bank and credit union transactions are generally
suspended (CGS § 36a-23).
Under existing law, when a legal holiday falls on a school day, the
decision to close public schools is made by each local school district.
Under the bill, this would also apply for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. By
law, unchanged by the bill, each local and regional board of education
that remains open on a legal state holiday must hold a suitable
educational program in observance of the holiday.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024
COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 14 Nay 5 (03/26/2024)