Bill Text: NH SB481 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to establishing Juneteenth, June 19, as an annual holiday.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-05-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted DV 194-154 05/09/2024 House Journal 13 P. 73 [SB481 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB481-Introduced.html

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SB 481  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2895

11/08

 

SENATE BILL 481

 

AN ACT relative to establishing Juneteenth, June 19, as an annual holiday.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Rep. Harriott-Gathright, Hills. 10; Rep. DiLorenzo, Rock. 10; Rep. Long, Hills. 23

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes Juneteenth as an annual holiday.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2895

11/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to establishing Juneteenth, June 19, as an annual holiday.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Holidays; Juneteenth.  Amend RSA 288:1 to read as follows:

288:1 Holidays. January 1; the third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Day; the third Monday in February, known as Washington's Birthday; the last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day or, on a date to coincide with the federal observance if it is held on a different day; June 19, known as Juneteenth; July 4, known as Independence Day; the first Monday in September, known as Labor Day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus Day; the day on which the biennial election is held; November 11, known as Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day, whenever appointed; and Christmas Day are legal holidays.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.