Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2190
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Haskins
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AN ACT concerning legal public holidays; declaring the even-numbered
year general election day as a legal public holiday; amending K.S.A.
35-107 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 35-107 is hereby amended to read as follows: 35-
107. (a) On and after January 1, 2006, The following days are declared to
be legal public holidays and are to be observed as such:
New Year's Day, January 1;
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the third Monday in January;
President's Day, the third Monday in February;
Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;
Independence Day, July 4;
Labor Day, the first Monday in September;
Columbus Day, the second Monday in October;
Veterans' Day, the eleventh day in November;
Election Day, the Tuesday following the first Monday in even-
numbered years;
Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November;
Christmas Day, December 25.
(b) Any reference in the laws of this state concerning observance of
legal holidays shall on and after January 1, 2006, be considered as a
reference to the day or days prescribed in subsection (a) for the observance
of such legal holiday or holidays.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 35-107 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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