Bill Text: TX HB51 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to abolishing Confederate Heroes Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB51 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB51-Introduced.html

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88R2012 RDS-F
By: J. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 51

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to abolishing Confederate Heroes Day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.006(f)(2), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(2) "State holiday" means a state holiday under
Sections 662.003(b)(1) through (5) [(6)], Government Code.
SECTION 2. Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A state holiday includes only the following days:
(1) [the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes
Day," in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other
Confederate heroes;
[(2)] the second day of March, "Texas Independence
Day";
(2) [(3)] the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";
(3) [(4)] the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in
Texas," in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;
(4) [(5)] the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines
Johnson Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines
Johnson;
(5) [(6)] the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;
(6) [(7)] the 24th day of December; and
(7) [(8)] the 26th day of December.
SECTION 3. Section 662.021, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 662.021. DATES OF HOLIDAYS. A legal holiday includes
only the following days:
(1) a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and
(2) a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1)
through (5) [(6)].
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.