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A 2146: Designates September eleventh as a public holiday, known as 9/11 Remembrance day.
What A 2146 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill proposes to designate September 11th as a public holiday in the state of New York. This means that September 11th will be a day off for state employees, and it will be observed as a federal holiday, similar to other federal holidays. The bill also includes a list of other public holidays, including New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Christmas Day. Additionally, the bill designates half-holidays, which include Saturdays that are not public holidays, from noon to midnight.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2146
- What is the current status of A 2146?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2146 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did A 2146 pass?
- Not yet. A 2146 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2146, and where is it now?
- A 2146 was authored by Asm. Charles Fall. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 370 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2146 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating September eleventh 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 last 8 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known 9 as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth 10 day of July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, 11 known as Labor day; the eleventh day of September, known as 9/11 Remem- 12 brance day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day; the 13 eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in 14 November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of Decem- 15 ber, known as Christmas day, and if any of such days except Flag day is 16 Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and each day 17 appointed by the president of the United States or by the governor of 18 this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, 19 or other general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes 20 the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public 21 holiday. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05725-01-5
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