STATE OF NEW YORK
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7329
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating
March eighth as a public holiday
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 24 of the general construction law, as amended by
2 chapter 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
4 the following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New
5 Year's day; the third Monday of January, known as Dr. Martin Luther
6 King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
7 the third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the eighth
8 day of March, known as Women's day; the last Monday in May, known as
9 Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known as Flag day; the nine-
10 teenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth day of July, known
11 as Independence day; the first Monday in September, known as Labor day;
12 the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day; the eleventh day of
13 November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in November, known
14 as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of December, known as
15 Christmas day, and if any of such days except Flag day is Sunday, the
16 next day thereafter; each general election day, and each day appointed
17 by the president of the United States or by the governor of this state
18 as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, or other
19 general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes the period
20 from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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