PA HB468

Designates the first Monday in February each year as Emancipation Day in Pennsylvania to commemorate the state's ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment on February 3, 1865

Pennsylvania was among the first states to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, building on its earlier Gradual Abolition Act of 1780

Does not create a legal or official holiday and does not require employers to provide paid leave on this date

Takes effect immediately upon enactment