Bill Text: NY S07899 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7899

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates Kwanzaa as a public holiday in New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S07899 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07899-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7899

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to the  desig-
          nation of Kwanzaa as a public holiday

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 24 of the general construction law, as  amended  by
     2  chapter 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
     4  the  following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New
     5  Year's day; the third Monday of January,  known  as  Dr.  Martin  Luther
     6  King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
     7  the  third  Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last
     8  Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in  June,  known
     9  as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth
    10  day  of  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September,
    11  known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;
    12  the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth  Thurs-
    13  day  in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of
    14  December, known as Christmas day, the period of time beginning the twen-
    15  ty-sixth day of December and ending the first day of January,  known  as
    16  Kwanzaa, and if any of such days except Flag day is Sunday, the next day
    17  thereafter;  each  general  election  day, and each day appointed by the
    18  president of the United States or by the governor of this state as a day
    19  of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer,  or  other  general
    20  religious  observances.  The  term half-holiday includes the period from
    21  noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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