SB 388 — AN ACT DESIGNATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

Senate General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.

388501 February Session, 2024 LCOSenate Bill No.

2480388 ReferredSenate, toApril 15, 2024 The Committee on GOVERNMENTGovernment ADMINISTRATIONAdministration ANDand ELECTIONSElections Introducedreported by:through SEN.

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AN ACT DESIGNATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

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 (knownasMemorialDayorDecorationDay), thenineteenthdayofJune (known as Juneteenth Independence 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 ____ daySB388 of/ ____File (known as Indigenous Peoples' Day) and the twenty-fifth LCO 2480 1 of 2 Bill No.

388501 day1 ofSB388 DecemberFile (knownNo. 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 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.

501 day of ____ (known as Indigenous Peoples' 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 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.

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501 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill establishes Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a state holiday but doesn’t establish the date for the holiday.

Due to the lack of a specific date to observe the holiday, nor the capacity to establish a date to observe the holiday, there is no fiscal impact of the bill.

Typically, the establishment of a new state holiday is estimated to result in annual costs to the state of up to $2.3million and municipalities of up to $200,000.

There is an additional fiscal impact associated with fringe benefit costs for those essential workers that would accrue overtime pay for working on the newly established state holiday at a rate of 20.81% of payroll for hazardous positions and 12.86% for normal positions.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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501 OLR Bill Analysis SB 388 AN ACT DESIGNATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

SUMMARY This act establishes a new legal state holiday on an unspecified date known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

The State Personnel Act mandatesthat eachfull-time permanent state employee receives paid time off for legal holidays (CGS § 5-254).

To the extent it is considered a change in working conditions, an additional paid day off may have to be negotiated with public employee collective bargaining units.

By law, legal state holidays are also bank and credit union holidays, during which time, bank and credit union transactions are generally suspended (CGS § 36a-23).

Under existing law, when a legal holiday falls on a school day, the decision to close public schools is made by each local school district.

Under the bill, this would also apply for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

By law, unchanged by the bill, each local and regional board of education that remains open on a legal state holiday must hold a suitable educational program in observance of the holiday.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2024 COMMITTEE ACTION Government Administration and Elections Committee Joint Favorable Yea 14 Nay 5 (03/26/2024) SB388 / File No.

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