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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Stewart, Kazarian, Cruz, Alzate, Morales, Kislak, Tanzi, | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2026 | |
Referred To: House Special Legislation | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 25-1-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 25-1 entitled "Holidays" is |
2 | hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 25-1-1. General holidays enumerated. |
4 | The first day of January or, in the event that day is a Saturday or Sunday, then state |
5 | employees will celebrate the holiday on the following Monday (as New Year’s Day), the third |
6 | Monday of January (as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday), the third Monday of February (as |
7 | Washington’s Birthday), the fourth day of May (as Rhode Island Independence Day), the last |
8 | Monday of May (as Memorial Day), the nineteenth day of June or, in the event that day is a |
9 | Saturday or Sunday, then state employees will celebrate the holiday on the following Monday (as |
10 | Juneteenth National Freedom Day), the fourth day of July or, in the event that day is a Saturday or |
11 | Sunday, then state employees will celebrate the holiday on the following Monday (as Independence |
12 | Day), the second Monday of August (as Victory Day) (as Peace and Remembrance Day), the first |
13 | Monday of September (as Labor Day), the second Monday of October (as Columbus Day), the |
14 | eleventh day of November or, in the event that day is a Saturday or Sunday, then state employees |
15 | will celebrate the holiday on the following Monday (as Veterans’ Day), the twenty-fifth day of |
16 | December, or in the event that day is a Saturday or Sunday, then state employees will celebrate the |
17 | holiday on the following Monday (as Christmas Day), and each of the above days in every year, or |
18 | when either of the above days falls on the first day of the week, then the day following it, the |
19 | Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in each year in which a general election of state |
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1 | officers is held (as election day), the first day of every week (commonly called Sunday), and any |
2 | other days as the governor or general assembly of this state or the president or the Congress of the |
3 | United States shall appoint as holidays for any purpose, days of thanksgiving, or days of solemn |
4 | fast, shall be holidays. |
5 | SECTION 2. Section 25-1-1.3 of the General Laws in Chapter 25-1 entitled "Holidays" is |
6 | hereby repealed. |
7 | 25-1-1.3. Victory Day — Prohibition against use of other name for holiday. |
8 | No state or municipal governmental department or agency shall refer to the second Monday |
9 | of August, “Victory Day” by any other name in an advertisement paid for by the department or |
10 | agency. |
11 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS | |
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1 | This act would change the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from |
2 | Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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