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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 5052 Legal holidays; Juneteenth.

Introduced by: Lamont Bagby | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to SB 5031.

FULL TEXT

• 08/17/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200580D  pdf | impact statement
• 10/02/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5052ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 10/13/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)  pdf

HISTORY

• 08/17/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200580D
• 08/17/20  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 08/24/20  House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
• 08/26/20  House: Read first time
• 08/27/20  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 08/28/20  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 08/28/20  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
• 09/02/20  Senate: Read first time
• 09/02/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 09/18/20  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
• 09/24/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
• 09/25/20  Senate: Read third time
• 09/25/20  Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N)
• 09/25/20  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
• 09/25/20  Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
• 10/02/20  House: Enrolled
• 10/02/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5052ER)
• 10/02/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 10/02/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 10/07/20  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
• 10/07/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
• 10/13/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 3/1/21)
• 10/13/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)