ENROLLED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 554
BY REPRESENTATIVES SELDERS, BRASS, BRYANT, CARPENTER, GARY
CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, COX, DESHOTEL, DUPLESSIS, FREEMAN,
GAINES, GLOVER, GREEN, HUGHES, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS,
TRAVIS JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS,
MARCELLE, DUSTIN MILLER, MOORE, NEWELL, PHELPS, PIERRE,
THOMPSON, WHITE, AND WILLARD AND SENATORS BARROW,
BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, FIELDS, HARRIS, JACKSON, MCMATH,
FRED MILLS, PETERSON, PRICE, SMITH, TALBOT, AND TARVER
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
4 Be 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.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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