HB 2497 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 1-301 to add the fourth Monday in March as "Cesar Chavez Day" as a legal holiday in Arizona.

• Renumbers existing holidays in the enumerated list to accommodate the new Cesar Chavez Day holiday, shifting all subsequent holidays up one number (e.g., Mothers' Day becomes paragraph 6 instead of paragraph 5).

• Repeals Section 1-308 of Arizona Revised Statutes.

• Applies existing holiday observance rules to Cesar Chavez Day, including provisions for when holidays fall on Sundays or Saturdays.