Bill Text - HB1335 (2024)

Removing Columbus Day as a holiday.


Revision: Sept. 22, 2023, 3:25 p.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2168.0

11/02

 

HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT removing Columbus Day as a holiday.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes Columbus Day as a holiday.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2168.0

11/02

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT removing Columbus Day as a holiday.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Holidays.  Amend RSA 288:1 to read as follows:

288:1 Holidays. January 1; the third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Day; the third Monday in February, known as Washington's Birthday; the last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day or, on a date to coincide with the federal observance if it is held on a different day; July 4, known as Independence Day; the first Monday in September, known as Labor Day; [the second Monday in October, known as Columbus Day] the day on which the biennial election is held; November 11, known as Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day, whenever appointed; and Christmas Day are legal holidays.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.