HB 61 — HOLIDAYS: Creates the holiday of the Battle of New Orleans Day

HLSENROLLED 26RS-642 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

61 BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM HOLIDAYS:AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.1:55(A)(1)and(7),(B)(2),(D),and(E)(1)(a)(i)andtoenactR.S.

Creates the holiday of the Battle of New Orleans Day AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.1:55(A)(1)and(7),(B)(2),(D),and(E)(1)(a)(i)andtoenactR.S.

R.S.1:55(A)(1)and(7),(B)(2),(D),and(E)(1)(a)(i)areherebyamended and reenacted and R.S.

1:55(A)(1)and(7),(B)(2),(D),and(E)(1)(a)(i)areherebyamended and reenacted and R.S.

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provided, however, that in the parish of Orleans, the city of Baton Rouge, in each of the parishes comprising the second and sixth congressional districts, except the parish of Ascension, and in each of the parishes comprising the fourteenth and thirty-first judicial districts of the state, the whole of every Saturday shall be a legal holiday, and in the parishes of Catahoula, Caldwell, West Carroll, Concordia, East Carroll, Page 1 of 65 CODING:

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61 thatENROLLED in the parish of Orleans, the city of Baton Rouge, in each of the parishes comprising the second and sixth congressional districts, except the parish of Ascension, and in each of the parishes comprising the fourteenth and thirty-first judicial districts of the state, the whole of every Saturday shall be a legal holiday, and in the parishes of Catahoula, Caldwell, West Carroll, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, Jackson, Avoyelles, West Feliciana, Rapides, Natchitoches, Grant, LaSalle, Winn, Lincoln, andEastBatonRouge,thewholeofeverySaturdayshallbeaholidayforallbanking institutions,andintheparishesofSabineandVernoneachWednesdayandSaturday, from 12:00 o'clock noon until 12:00 o'clock midnight, shall be a half-holidayfor all banking institutions.

7:85 and 251 or anyother laws of Louisiana covering the matters of maturity of negotiable instruments and demand, notice, presentment, acceptance,acceptance,or or protest thereof on legal holidays and half-holidays, and all instruments payable to or at such bank upon such day shall become due on such day;

and provided still further that nothing in any law of this state shall in any manner whatsoever affect the validity of or render void or voidable the payment, Pagecertification, 2or acceptance of 6a CODING:check or other negotiable instrument or any other transaction by a bank in Louisiana because done on any holiday or half-holiday or because done on any day upon which such bank, if remaining open because of the option given it in this Paragraph, if the payment, certification, acceptance, or other transaction could have been validlydone on any other day.

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61 certification,ENROLLED or(7) acceptanceThe ofthird aMonday check or other negotiable instrument or any other transaction by a bank in LouisianaFebruary, becausethe donebirthday on any holiday or half-holiday or because done on any day upon which such bank, if remaining open because of thePresident optionGeorge givenWashington itand inPresidents' thisDay, Paragraph,for ifpublic theschools; payment, certification, acceptance, or other transaction could have been validlydone on any other day.

* * * (7) The third Monday in February, the birthday of President George Washington and Presidents' Day, for public schools;

provided, however, that when New Year's Day, Independence Day, or Christmas fall on a Sunday, said banking institutions and savings and loan associationsshallbeclosedonthenextday,andsaidfinancialinstitutionsmay,eachassociationsshallbeclosedonthenextday,andsaidfinancialinstitutions may,each at its option, remain open and exercise all of its regular functions and duties upon PageJanuary 3eighth; of 6 CODING:

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61 January eighth;

and further provided that when on any of said last named days any said financial institution does actually remain open it shall, as to transactions on such day, to exactly the same extent as if such day were not otherwise a legal holiday, not be subjecttoanyoftheprovisionsofR.S.Page 3 of 5 CODING:

7:85Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored and251,oranyotherlawsofLouisiana,are coveringadditions. the matters of maturity of negotiable instruments and demands, notice, presentment, acceptance, or protest thereof on legal holidays and half-holidays, and all instruments payable to or at such bank upon such day shall become due on such day;

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61 ENROLLED subjecttoanyoftheprovisions ofR.S.7:85and251,oranyotherlawsofLouisiana, covering the matters of maturity of negotiable instruments and demands, notice, presentment, acceptance,or protest thereof on legal holidays and half-holidays, and all instruments payable to or at such bank upon such day shall become due on such day;

and provided further that nothing in any law of this state shall in any manner whatsoever affect the validity of, or render void or voidable, the payment, certificationcertificationof of acceptanceof a check or other negotiable instrument, or anyother transaction bya bankbankin in Louisiana becausedone on any holiday or half-holiday or because done on any day upon which such financial institution if remaining open because of the option given it in this Subsection,ifthepayment,certification,acceptance,orothertransactioncouldhave been validly done on any other day, provided, however, that in the parishes of Beauregard, Sabine, Vernon, Evangeline, and DeSoto, the banking institutions may elect to make the whole of Saturdays holidays and close, in lieu of half-holidays on Wednesdays and half-holidays on Saturdays.

PageThanksgiving 4Day, ofthe 6fourth CODING:Thursday in November, and the next day, Friday;

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61 Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, and the next day, Friday;

A day shall be designated to commemorate the stunning victory by AmericanforcesconsistingofUnitedStatesarmyregulars,marines,andsailors,area militia, and Battalions of Free Men of Color, Baratarian privateers, Attakapas Dragoons,volunteersfromTennessee,Kentucky,andMississippi(Hinds'Dragoons), Choctaws,Page and4 individuals who wereformerlySpanish subjects and French citizens who fought for their new country under the command of Major5 GeneralCODING: Andrew Jackson against the invading British forces on the plains of Chalmette in the last major military engagement between the United States and Great Britain in the War of 1812.

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61 ENROLLED Choctaws, and individuals who were formerlySpanish subjects and Frenchcitizens who fought for their new country under the command of Major General Andrew Jackson against the invading British forces on the plains of Chalmette in the last major military engagement between the United States and Great Britain in the War of 1812.

DIGESTIf ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislativethe Services.holidayis declared, the office of the secretary of state, clerk of court, and registrar of voters shall remain open if the functions and duties of the office related to an election are required as determined by the commissioner of elections.

ItSPEAKER constitutesOF nopartTHE ofHOUSE theOF legislativeREPRESENTATIVES instrument.PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 61 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Bayham Abstract:

Provides for the Battle of New Orleans Day.

Present law provides for days of public rest and legal holidays including George Washington's Birthday and Presidents' Day.

Proposed law retains present law with regard to Washington's Birthday but deletes all references to Presidents' Day.