bill making June 24 Celebration of Life Day

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89R944 CMO-D

By: Cain
H.B. No. 911

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of Celebration of Life Day as a state

holiday.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1.006(f)(2), Election Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(2) "State holiday" means a state holiday under

Sections 662.003(b)(1) through (7) [ (6) ], Government Code.

SECTION 2. Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) A state holiday includes only the following days:

(1) the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes Day,"

in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate

heroes;

(2) the second day of March, "Texas Independence Day";

(3) the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";

(4) the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in Texas,"

in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;

(5) the 24th day of June, "Celebration of Life Day";

(6) [ (5) ] the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines

Johnson Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines

Johnson;

(7) [ (6) ] the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;

(8) [ (7) ] the 24th day of December; and

(9) [ (8) ] the 26th day of December.

SECTION 3. Section 662.021, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 662.021. DATES OF HOLIDAYS. A legal holiday includes

only the following days:

(1) a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and

(2) a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1)

through (7) [ (6) ].

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.