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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 623

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Relating to: establishing a legal holiday known as Democracy Day and closing state offices on that day. (FE)

Holidays and special dates Public employee — Vacations State agencies

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill designates the Tuesday after the first Monday in November as a legal

holiday, known as Democracy Day, in honor of veterans and their effort to protect our

democracy, liberties, and freedoms, especially the right to vote. The bill also

establishes Democracy Day as a state holiday on which state offices are closed.

Under current law, the offices of the agencies of state government are generally

closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and a total of nine state holidays. Finally, the bill

increases the number of regular paid holidays state employees receive annually from

nine days to 10 days each year.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D)

6 cosponsors

Billings (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives J. Anderson, Snodgrass, C. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Clancy and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Smith, Hesselbein, Roys and Taylor

  2. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  4. Dec 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1