HLS 21RS-721 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 554
BY REPRESENTATIVES SELDERS, JAMES, BRASS, BRYANT, CARPENTER,
DUPLESSIS, HUGHES, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JONES, LARVADAIN, LYONS,
MARCELLE, MOORE, NEWELL, AND WILLARD AND SENATORS
BARROW, BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, JACKSON, AND PRICE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HOLIDAYS: Designates Juneteenth as a state holiday
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 1:55.1, relative to legal holidays; to provide that Juneteenth Day shall be a
3 legal state holiday; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 1:55.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง55.1. Days of public rest; Juneteenth Day
7 The third Saturday in June, Juneteenth Day, shall be a day of public rest and
8 a legal holiday.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 554 Original 2021 Regular Session Selders
Abstract: Designates Juneteenth as a legal holiday.
Present law provides for a list of public rest, legal, and half-legal state holidays.
Proposed law retains present law and adds Juneteenth Day, the third Saturday in June, as a
legal state holiday.
(Adds R.S. 1:55.1)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.