MS HB352

Designates June 19th, Juneteenth National Independence Day, as a legal holiday in Mississippi by amending Section 3-3-7 of the Mississippi Code.

Clarifies that when any legal holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday or another day fixed by gubernatorial proclamation shall be observed as the legal holiday.

Notes that 47 states and the District of Columbia have already declared Juneteenth as a public holiday and that Mississippi's federal delegation supported the federal Juneteenth National Independence Day Act passed in June 2021.

Retains existing exceptions allowing municipalities and counties to designate alternative holidays such as Mardi Gras Day instead of most state holidays, excluding Martin Luther King Jr./Robert E. Lee Day and Veterans' Day.