Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01228 Compare Versions

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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1228
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 3783
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10		-	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
11		-	~~ADMINISTRATION~~ AND ELECTIONS
	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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14	14		Introduced by:
15	15		(GAE)
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19	20		AN ACT DESIGNATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AS A LEGAL
20	21		HOLIDAY.
21	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	23		Assembly convened:
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24	25		Section 1. Section 1-4 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	26		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
26	27		In each year the first day of January (known as New Year's Day), the 3
27	28		fifteenth day of January of each year prior to 1986, and commencing on 4
28	29		the twentieth day of January in 1986, the first Monday occurring on or 5
29	30		after January fifteenth (known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), the 6
30	31		twelfth day of February (known as Lincoln Day), the third Monday in 7
31	32		February (known as Washington's Birthday), the last Monday in May 8
32	33		(known as Memorial Day or Decoration Day), the nineteenth day of June 9
33	34		(known as Juneteenth Independence Day), the fourth day of July 10
34	35		(known as Independence Day), the first Monday in September (known 11
35	36		as Labor Day), the second Monday in October (known as Columbus 12
36	37		Day), the eleventh day of November (known as Veterans' Day), the ____ 13
37		-	day of ____ (known as Indigenous Peoples' Day) and the twenty-fifth 14 Raised Bill No. 1228
	38	+	day of ____ (known as Indigenous Peoples' Day) and the twenty-fifth 14
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1228
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40		-	LCO 3783 2 of 2
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	43	+	LCO No. 3783 2 of 2
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42	45		day of December (known as Christmas) and any day appointed or 15
43	46		recommended by the Governor of this state or the President of the 16
44	47		United States as a day of thanksgiving, fasting or religious observance, 17
45	48		shall each be a legal holiday, except that whenever any of such days 18
46	49		which are not designated to occur on Monday, occurs upon a Sunday, 19
47	50		the Monday next following such day shall be a legal holiday and 20
48	51		whenever any of such days occurs upon a Saturday, the Friday 21
49	52		immediately preceding such day shall be a legal holiday. When any 22
50	53		such holiday, except holidays in January and December, occurs on a 23
51	54		school day, each local and regional board of education may close the 24
52	55		public schools under its jurisdiction for such day or hold a session of the 25
53	56		public schools on such day, provided, if a session is held, the board shall 26
54	57		require each school to hold a suitable nonsectarian educational program 27
55	58		in observance of such holiday. If a holiday in January or December 28
56	59		occurs on a school day, there shall be no session of the public schools on 29
57	60		such day. 30
58	61		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
59	62		sections:
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61	64		Section 1 July 1, 2025 1-4
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63		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	66	+	Statement of Purpose:
	67	+	To designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.
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	69	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	70	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	71	+	underlined.]
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