DE SB257 | 2019-2020 | 150th General Assembly

Delaware Senate Bill 257 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on June 20 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-20 - Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Summary

Juneteenth National Freedom Day commemorates June 19, 1865, the date news finally reached African Americans in Galveston, Texas that Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves living in Confederate states.

Title

An Act To Amend Title 1 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Making Juneteenth National Freedom Day A Legal Holiday.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-20		Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate

Delaware State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48163
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48163&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB257