S 874: Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 874 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 the desig- nation of Harriet Tubman day 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 tenth 8 day of March, known as Harriet Tubman day; the last Monday in May, known 9 as 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 on the first of January next succeed- 22 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02068-01-5