Researcher: MHF Page 1 3/19/25
OLR Bill Analysis
SB 1228
AN ACT DESIGNATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AS A LEGAL
HOLIDAY.
SUMMARY
This bill 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 get 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, except for holidays in January and December,
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 stays open on a legal
state holiday must hold a suitable educational program to mark the
holiday.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2025
COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 14 Nay 5 (02/28/2025)