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DE SB257
Bill
Status
Introduced
6/20/2020
Primary Sponsor
Darius Brown
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AI Summary
- Designates the third Friday of June as Juneteenth National Freedom Day, making it an official legal holiday in Delaware
- Adds Juneteenth to the existing list of state legal holidays alongside New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and others
- Upgrades Juneteenth from a commemorative day (established in 2000 as the third Saturday in June) to a full legal holiday observed on a Friday
- Commemorates June 19, 1865, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War reached enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas
- Includes technical corrections to update language throughout the existing legal holiday statute to conform with Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual standards
Legislative Description
An Act To Amend Title 1 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Making Juneteenth National Freedom Day A Legal Holiday.
Last Action
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
6/20/2020
Full Bill Text
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