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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3501 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-630 ILCS 500/15-45105 ILCS 5/24-2205 ILCS 630/17 from Ch. 17, par. 2201 Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to designate the first day following the beginning of Ramadan as a State holiday. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 10705 BDA 20784 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3501 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-630 ILCS 500/15-45105 ILCS 5/24-2205 ILCS 630/17 from Ch. 17, par. 2201 10 ILCS 5/1-6 30 ILCS 500/15-45 105 ILCS 5/24-2 205 ILCS 630/17 from Ch. 17, par. 2201 Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to designate the first day following the beginning of Ramadan as a State holiday. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 10705 BDA 20784 b LRB104 10705 BDA 20784 b A BILL FOR
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1414 1 AN ACT concerning government.
1515 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1616 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1717 4 Section 15. The Election Code is amended by changing
1818 5 Section 1-6 as follows:
1919 6 (10 ILCS 5/1-6)
2020 7 Sec. 1-6. Computing dates of various acts; Saturday,
2121 8 Sunday, and holidays.
2222 9 (a) If the first or last day fixed by law to do any act
2323 10 required or allowed by this Code falls on a State holiday or a
2424 11 Saturday or a Sunday, the period shall extend through the
2525 12 first business day next following the day otherwise fixed as
2626 13 the first or last day, irrespective of whether any election
2727 14 authority or local election official conducts business on the
2828 15 State holiday, Saturday, or Sunday.
2929 16 (b) For the purposes of this Section, "State holiday"
3030 17 means New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday,
3131 18 Lincoln's Birthday, President's Day, Casimir Pulaski's
3232 19 Birthday, the first day following the beginning of Ramadan,
3333 20 Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Freedom Day,
3434 21 Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day,
3535 22 Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and any other day from time
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7777 1 Governor of Illinois to be a day during which the agencies of
7878 2 the State of Illinois that are ordinarily open to do business
7979 3 with the public shall be closed for business.
8080 4 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
8181 5 nominating papers, petitions of objection to nominating
8282 6 papers, certificates of withdrawal of candidacy, and reports
8383 7 of political committees actually received by election
8484 8 authorities and local election officials on a State holiday, a
8585 9 Saturday, or a Sunday shall not be deemed invalid or defective
8686 10 for that reason alone.
8787 11 (Source: P.A. 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; 102-334, eff. 8-9-21.)
8888 12 Section 20. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
8989 13 changing Section 15-45 as follows:
9090 14 (30 ILCS 500/15-45)
9191 15 Sec. 15-45. Computation of days. The time within which any
9292 16 act provided in this Code is to be done shall be computed by
9393 17 excluding the first day and including the last, unless the
9494 18 last day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday, and then it
9595 19 shall also be excluded. If the day succeeding a Saturday,
9696 20 Sunday, or holiday is also a holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday,
9797 21 then that succeeding day shall also be excluded. For the
9898 22 purposes of this Code, "holiday" means: New Year's Day; Dr.
9999 23 Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; Lincoln's Birthday;
100100 24 President's Day; the first day following the beginning of
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111111 1 Ramadan; Memorial Day; Juneteenth National Freedom Day;
112112 2 Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans' Day;
113113 3 Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; and any other day from time
114114 4 to time declared by the President of the United States or the
115115 5 Governor of Illinois to be a day during which the agencies of
116116 6 the State of Illinois that are ordinarily open to do business
117117 7 with the public shall be closed for business.
118118 8 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
119119 9 contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as
120120 10 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
121121 11 State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General
122122 12 Assembly.
123123 13 (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-14, eff. 1-1-22;
124124 14 102-334, eff. 8-9-21.)
125125 15 Section 25. The School Code is amended by changing Section
126126 16 24-2 as follows:
127127 17 (105 ILCS 5/24-2)
128128 18 Sec. 24-2. Holidays.
129129 19 (a) Teachers shall not be required to teach on Saturdays,
130130 20 nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section,
131131 21 shall teachers, educational support personnel employees, or
132132 22 other school employees, other than noncertificated school
133133 23 employees whose presence is necessary because of an emergency
134134 24 or for the continued operation and maintenance of school
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145145 1 facilities or property, be required to work on legal school
146146 2 holidays, which are January 1, New Year's Day; the third
147147 3 Monday in January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,
148148 4 Jr.; February 12, the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln;
149149 5 the first Monday in March (to be known as Casimir Pulaski's
150150 6 birthday); the first day following the beginning of Ramadan;
151151 7 Good Friday; the day designated as Memorial Day by federal
152152 8 law; June 19, Juneteenth National Freedom Day; July 4,
153153 9 Independence Day; the first Monday in September, Labor Day;
154154 10 the second Monday in October, Columbus Day; November 11,
155155 11 Veterans' Day; the Thursday in November commonly called
156156 12 Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas Day. School
157157 13 boards may grant special holidays whenever in their judgment
158158 14 such action is advisable. No deduction shall be made from the
159159 15 time or compensation of a school employee, including an
160160 16 educational support personnel employee, on account of any
161161 17 legal or special holiday in which that employee would have
162162 18 otherwise been scheduled to work but for the legal or special
163163 19 holiday.
164164 20 (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for
165165 21 waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code
166166 22 is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes,
167167 23 parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third
168168 24 Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,
169169 25 Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln);
170170 26 the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's
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181181 1 birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and
182182 2 November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that:
183183 3 (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are
184184 4 recognized through instructional activities conducted on
185185 5 that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance,
186186 6 on the first school day preceding or following that day;
187187 7 and
188188 8 (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority
189189 9 first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The
190190 10 entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing
191191 11 to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth
192192 12 the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the
193193 13 proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony
194194 14 from educators and parents about the proposal.
195195 15 (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified
196196 16 patriotic, civic, cultural or historical persons, activities,
197197 17 or events, are regular school days. Commemorative holidays
198198 18 are: January 17 (the birthday of Muhammad Ali), January 28 (to
199199 19 be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and observed as a
200200 20 commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the birthday
201201 21 of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day),
202202 22 September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), September 17
203203 23 (Constitution Day), the school day immediately preceding
204204 24 Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans' Day), October 1 (Recycling
205205 25 Day), October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance
206206 26 Day), December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and any day so
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217217 1 appointed by the President or Governor. School boards may
218218 2 establish commemorative holidays whenever in their judgment
219219 3 such action is advisable. School boards shall include
220220 4 instruction relative to commemorated persons, activities, or
221221 5 events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time
222222 6 during the school year and at any point in the curriculum when
223223 7 such instruction may be deemed appropriate. The State Board of
224224 8 Education shall prepare and make available to school boards
225225 9 instructional materials relative to commemorated persons,
226226 10 activities, or events which may be used by school boards in
227227 11 conjunction with any instruction provided pursuant to this
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229229 13 (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe
230230 14 March 4 of each year as a commemorative holiday. This holiday
231231 15 shall be known as Mayors' Day which shall be a day to
232232 16 commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
233233 17 Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late
234234 18 Mayor Richard J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington.
235235 19 If March 4 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be
236236 20 observed on the following Monday.
237237 21 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to
238238 22 the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known
239239 23 as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout
240240 24 the State pursuant to Public Act 101-642. All government
241241 25 offices, with the exception of election authorities, shall be
242242 26 closed unless authorized to be used as a location for election
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253253 1 day services or as a polling place.
254254 2 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
255255 3 contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as
256256 4 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
257257 5 State under Public Act 102-15.
258258 6 Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
259259 7 contrary, November 5, 2024 shall be a State holiday known as
260260 8 2024 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout
261261 9 this State pursuant to Public Act 103-467.
262262 10 (Source: P.A. 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21;
263263 11 102-334, eff. 8-9-21; 102-411, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff.
264264 12 5-13-22; 103-15, eff. 7-1-23; 103-395, eff. 1-1-24; 103-467,
265265 13 eff. 8-4-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
266266 14 Section 30. The Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act is
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268268 16 (205 ILCS 630/17) (from Ch. 17, par. 2201)
269269 17 Sec. 17. Holidays.
270270 18 (a) The following days shall be legal holidays in the
271271 19 State of Illinois upon which day a bank may, but is not
272272 20 required to, remain closed:
273273 21 the first day of January (New Year's Day);
274274 22 the third Monday in January (observance of Martin Luther
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287287 1 the third Monday in February (Presidents Day);
288288 2 the first Monday in March (observance of Casimir Pulaski's
289289 3 birthday);
290290 4 the first day following the beginning of Ramadan
291291 5 (observance of the first day of Ramadan);
292292 6 the Friday preceding Easter Sunday (Good Friday);
293293 7 the last Monday of May (Memorial Day);
294294 8 the nineteenth day of June (Juneteenth National Freedom
295295 9 Day);
296296 10 the fourth day of July (Independence Day);
297297 11 the first Monday in September (Labor Day);
298298 12 the second Monday in October (Columbus Day);
299299 13 the eleventh day of November (Veterans' Day);
300300 14 the fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day);
301301 15 the twenty-fifth day in December (Christmas Day);
302302 16 the days upon which the general elections for members of
303303 17 the House of Representatives are held, and any day proclaimed
304304 18 by the Governor of this State as a legal holiday. From 12
305305 19 o'clock noon to 12 o'clock midnight of each Saturday shall be
306306 20 considered a half holiday. In addition to such holidays and
307307 21 half-holidays, a bank may select one day of the week to remain
308308 22 closed, as provided in subsection (b) of this Section.
309309 23 (b) Any bank doing business within this State may select
310310 24 any one day of the week to remain closed on a regular basis
311311 25 upon adoption of a resolution by the board of directors of such
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323323 1 publishing a copy of such resolution as hereinafter required.
324324 2 Any such resolution shall be deemed effective for the purpose
325325 3 of this Section only when a copy thereof, certified by an
326326 4 officer having charge of the records of such bank, is filed
327327 5 with the Recorder of the county in which such bank is located
328328 6 and published once each week for 3 successive weeks in a
329329 7 newspaper of general circulation in such county. Such
330330 8 publication shall be accomplished by, and at the expense of,
331331 9 the bank, and the bank shall submit to the Commissioner of
332332 10 Banks and Real Estate such evidence of the publication as the
333333 11 Commissioner shall deem appropriate. Any such selection shall
334334 12 remain in full force and effect until a copy of the later
335335 13 resolution of the board of directors of such bank, certified
336336 14 in like manner, terminating or altering any such prior
337337 15 selection shall be filed and published in the same manner as
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339339 17 (c) If an occasion arises when a state bank wishes to
340340 18 remain closed on a particular day, other than a day on which
341341 19 the bank has selected to remain closed on a regular basis as
342342 20 provided in this Section, such state bank may remain closed on
343343 21 such an occasion after first sending to the Commissioner a
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345345 23 authorizing the bank to remain closed on such occasion and
346346 24 notice of the intent to remain closed on such occasion shall be
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359359 1 of such occasion. Any day which any bank doing business within
360360 2 the State shall select to remain closed pursuant to this
361361 3 Section shall, with respect to such bank, be treated and
362362 4 considered as a Sunday.
363363 5 (d) All legal holidays, the half holidays and any day
364364 6 selected by a bank doing business within the State to remain
365365 7 closed, shall, for all purposes whatsoever, as regards the
366366 8 presenting for payment or acceptance, the maturity and
367367 9 protesting and giving of notice of the dishonor of bills of
368368 10 exchange, bank checks and promissory notes and other
369369 11 negotiable or commercial paper or instrument, be treated and
370370 12 considered as a Sunday. When any such holidays, except
371371 13 Juneteenth National Freedom Day, fall on Sunday, the Monday
372372 14 next following shall be held and considered such holiday. All
373373 15 notes, bills, drafts, checks or other evidence of
374374 16 indebtedness, falling due or maturing on either of such days,
375375 17 shall be deemed as due or maturing upon the day following, and
376376 18 when 2 or more of these days come together, or immediately
377377 19 succeeding each other, then such instruments, paper or
378378 20 indebtedness shall be deemed as due or having matured on the
379379 21 day following the last of such days.
380380 22 (e) Any act authorized, required or permitted to be
381381 23 performed at or by or with respect to any bank doing business
382382 24 within the State on a day which it has selected to remain
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