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Holidays, Special Days, Etc. (1995 thru present)
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  • 2006 - HJ 105 Pocahontas Day.  
  • 2006 - HJ 184 Cold War Victory Day. 
  • 2006 - HJ 228 Virginia Historic Preservation Day.
  • 2006 - HJ 229 Mentoring Month and Thank Your Mentor Day in Virginia. 
  • 2006 - HR 12 Constitution Day; reaffirms General Assembly's commitment thereto.
  • 2006 - SB 366 T.C. Williams High School; opening 2006 school year.
  • 2006 - SJ 12 Designating the last full week of September each year as 'Virginia Responsible Dog Ownership Week.'
  • 2006 - SJ 85 Civilian Conservation Corps Day.
  • 2006 - SJ 170 Freedom of Information Day; designating as March 16, 2006, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2006 (ss1) - HJ 5135 Designates September in 2006, and in each succeeding year, as Internet Safety Month in Virginia.
  • 2007 - HB 2601 Veterans Day; Board of Education to provide information for commemoration thereof.
  • 2007 - HB 2837 George Washington's birthday; Department of Education to provide schools information thereon.
  • 2007 - HJ 566 National Action Week of United States Bone and Joint Decade; designating as Oct. 12-20, 2007.
  • 2007 - HJ 575 Energy Conservation Awareness Week; designating as first week in October 2007, and each succeeding.
  • 2007 - HJ 587 Internet Safety Month; designating as September 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2007 - HJ 609 Asian-Indian American Day; designating as January 26, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2007 - HJ 627 Designating the third week in September as Civics Education Week in Virginia.
  • 2007 - HJ 632 Korean American Day; designating as January 13, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2007 - HJ 659 Jamestown Day; designating as May 13, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2007 - HJ 725 Dale Earnhardt Day.
  • 2007 - HJ 726 Healthy Virginians/Healthy Students Week.  
  • 2007 - HJ 775 Lunar New Year & other Asian observances; importance to Asian & Pacific American communities.
  • 2007 - HR 56 Designating the third Saturday of June, in 2007 and in each succeeding year, as 'Juneteenth' Freedom
  • 2007 - SJ 324 Alson H. Smith Teachers' Day.  
  • 2007 - SJ 334 Financial Aid Awareness Month.  
  • 2007 - SJ 343 Designating the third week in September as Civics Education Week.
  • 2007 - SJ 375 Humane Treatment for Companion Animals Education Week; designating as first week in February 2007.
  • 2007 - SJ 394 Energy Conservation Awareness Week.
  • 2007 - SJ 446 Korean American Day; designating as January 13, 2007, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - HB 1485 Native American Month and Day of Appreciation; changing reference thereto.
  • 2008 - HJ 5 Right Choices for Youth Month in Virginia; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year.
  • 2008 - HJ 26 Dyslexia Awareness Month; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - HJ 27 Valentines, Virginia Day; designating as February 14, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - HJ 41 Adoption Awareness Month; recognizing as November 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - HJ 130 Ronald Reagan Day; designating as February 6, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - HJ 131 Plumbing Industry Week; designating as April 27 through May 3, 2008.
  • 2008 - HJ 132 Brain Injury Awareness Month; designating as March 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - HJ 220 Philippine Independence Day; designating as June 12, 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - HJ 362 Ms. Wheelchair Virginia Day.
  • 2008 - SJ 24 Dyslexia Awareness Month; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - SJ 41 Virginia Commonwealth University Day; designating as July 1, 2008.
  • 2008 - SJ 49 Parkinsons Disease Awareness Month; designating as April 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - SJ 64 Plumbing Industry Week; designating as April 27 through May 3, 2008.
  • 2008 - SJ 69 Humane Education Week; designating as first full week in February 2008, and each succeeding year.
  • 2008 - SJ 108 Children's Miracle Network Day; designating as October 2008, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2008 - SJ 171 Battle of Craney Island Day.  
  • 2008 - SJ 225 Vietnam Anti-Trafficking Day; designating as December 2, 2008 and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - HB 2090 School calendar; adds to good cause circumstances for which school divisions may be granted waiver.
  • 2009 - HB 2594 Vietnam Human Rights Day.
  • 2009 - HJ 635 Women's Heart Day; designating as May 17, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - HJ 674 Older Virginians Mental Health Month; designating as September, 2009 and each year thereafter.
  • 2009 - HJ 683 Retailers for Life Month; designating as April 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - HJ 684 Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week; designating as February 7-14, 2009, and each year.
  • 2009 - HJ 715 Disability History and Awareness Month; designating as October 2009, & each year therafter.
  • 2009 - HJ 754 Virginia Caregivers Week; designating as November 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - HJ 755 Will F. Jenkins Day; designating as June 27, 2009.
  • 2009 - HJ 771 Patient Advocate Day; designating as April 4, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - HJ 788 Day of Remembrance; designating April 21, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - HJ 792 Assisted Living Awareness Day; designating September 15, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - HJ 793 Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month; designating March 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - SB 1266 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and eliminates post-Labor Day opening.
  • 2009 - SJ 274 Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week; designating as third week of September 2009.
  • 2009 - SJ 303 Year of Astronomy; designating as year 2009.
  • 2009 - SJ 321 Disability History and Awareness Month, designating as October 2009, and each succeeding year.
  • 2009 - SJ 392 National School Breakfast Week; designating as week of first Sunday in March 2009, and each year.
  • 2009 - SJ 401 Law Day; designating as May 1, 2009, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2009 - SJ 431 Lawyer Professionalism Day; designating as April 13, 2009.
  • 2010 - HB 1226 Veterans Day; adds Global War on Terrorism, etc., to wars that are honored.
  • 2010 - HJ 50 Textile Heritage Week; designating as first week of September 2010, and each succeeding year.
  • 2010 - HJ 52 Hurricane Awareness and Preparedness Week; designating as last week of May 2010.
  • 2010 - HJ 95 Virginia Farm-to-School Week; designating as second full week of November 2010.
  • 2010 - HJ 136 Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day; designating as March 30, 2010, & each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2010 - HJ 156 National Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day; designating as January 29, 2010.
  • 2010 - HJ 190 Teen Organ Donation Awareness Day; designating as April 9, 2010, and each succeeding year.
  • 2010 - HJ 195 Lupus Awareness Month; designating as May 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2010 - HJ 198 Youth Fitness Day; designating as April 25, 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2010 - HJ 259 American Heart Month; designating as February 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.
  • 2010 - HJ 341 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week; designating as second week of March 2010, & each year thereafter.
  • 2010 - SB 361 Religious holidays; student's absence because of observance thereof must be recorded as excused.
  • 2010 - SJ 23 Professional Social Work Month; designating as March 2010, and each succeeding year thereafter.