Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 479 — AN ACT DESIGNATING ELECTION DAY AS A STATE HOLIDAY.

Last action — FILE NO. 100

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3008 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by:
3781 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by:
(GAE) AN ACT DESIGNATING ELECTION DAY AS A STATE HOLIDAY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1.
Section 1-4 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):
In each year the first day of January (known as New Year's Day), the fifteenth day of January of each year prior to 1986, and commencing on the twentieth day of January in 1986, the first Monday occurring on or after January fifteenth (known as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day), the twelfth day of February (known as Lincoln Day), the third Monday in February (known as Washington's Birthday), the last Monday in May (known as Memorial Day or Decoration Day), the fourth day of July (known as Independence Day), the first Monday in September (known as Labor Day), the second Monday in October (known as Columbus Day), the eleventh day of November (known as Veterans' Day), the Tuesday after the first Monday in November (known as Election Day) and the twenty-fifth day of December (known as Christmas) and any day appointed or recommended by the Governor of this state or the President of the United States as a day of thanksgiving, fasting or LCO No.
3781 1 of 2 Committee Bill No.
479 religious observance, shall each be a legal holiday, except that whenever any of such days which are not designated to occur on Monday, occurs upon a Sunday, the Monday next following such day shall be a legal holiday and whenever any of such days occurs upon a Saturday, the Friday immediately preceding such day shall be a legal holiday.
When any such holiday, except holidays in January and December, occurs on a school day, each local and regional board of education may close the public schools under its jurisdiction for such day or hold a session of the public schools on such day, provided, if a session is held, the board shall require each school to hold a suitable nonsectarian educational program in observance of such holiday.
If a holiday in January or December occurs on a school day, there shall be no session of the public schools on such day.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 1-4 Statement of Purpose:
To designate Election Day as a state holiday.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:
AN ACT DESIGNATING ELECTION DAY AS A STATE HOLIDAY.
S.B.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
479 LCO No.
That section 1-4 of the general statutes be amended to designate as a legal holiday the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
3781 2 of 2
Statement of Purpose:
To designate election day as a legal holiday to remove barriers to voting.
LCO No.
3008 1 of 1
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Action History

  1. FILE NO. 100

  2. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 67

  3. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  4. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  5. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/19

  6. FILED WITH LCO

  7. Joint Favorable Substitute

  8. PUBLIC HEARING 0227

  9. PUBLIC HEARING 0215

  10. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections

  11. Vote to Draft

  12. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  13. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections

Sponsors

  • David Michel · Primary
  • Quentin W. Phipps · Primary
  • Josh Elliott · Primary
  • Marilyn Moore · Primary

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4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (183)

183 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 479?
SB 479 is sponsored by Michel, David, Phipps, Quentin W., Elliott, Josh, and Marilyn Moore.
What is the current status of SB 479?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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