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SB 335: Make Election Day a holiday
What SB 335 does, verified September 24, 2026
This bill aims to make Election Day a holiday in Ohio. It amends various state laws to make Sundays and certain other holidays non-workdays, allowing for the possibility of performing certain tasks on the next business day. The bill does not specify any further changes to the existing holiday schedule. Existing sections of the law that relate to holidays, vacation time, and employee compensation are repealed.
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| Feb. 11, 2026 | Referred to committee: General Government |
| Dec. 17, 2025 | Introduced |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, December 17, 2025 · 1,496 words
As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session
S. B. No. 335
2025-2026
Senator Smith
Cosponsors: Senators Antonio, Blackshear, DeMora, Liston
To amend sections $1.14,5.20,124.19,325.19$, $511.10,1345.21,3313.63$, and 3319.087 of the 2 Revised Code to make Election Day a holiday.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections $1.14,5.20,124.19,325.19$, $511.10,1345.21,3313.63$, and 3319.087 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1.14.
7 The time within which an act is required by law to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day; except that, when the last day falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, the act may be done on the next succeeding day that is not Sunday or a legal holiday.
12 When a public office in which an act, required by law, is to be performed is closed to the public for the entire day that constitutes the last day for doing the act or before its usual closing time on that day, the act may be performed on the next succeeding day that is not a Sunday or a legal holiday as defined in this section.
18 "Legal holiday" as used in this section means the following days:
20 (A) The first day of January, known as New Year's day;
21 (B) The third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther King day;
22 (C) The third Monday in February, known as Washington-Lincoln day;
23 (D) The day designated in the "Act of June 28, 1968," 82 Stat. 250, 5 U.S.C. 6103, as amended, for the commemoration of Memorial day;
24 (E) The nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth day;
25 (F) The fourth day of July, known as Independence day;
26 (G) The first Monday in September, known as Labor day;
27 (H) The second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;
28 (I) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, known as Democracy day;
29 (J) The eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day;
30 (J)-(K) The fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day;
31 (K)-(L) The twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas day;
32 (L)-(M) Any day appointed and recommended by the governor of this state or the president of the United States as a holiday.
34 If any day designated in this section as a legal holiday falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day is a legal holiday.
Sec. 5.20.
44 The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year, between the hours of twelve noon, eastern standard time, and five-thirty-p.m., eastern standard time, is a legal holiday.
Sec. 124.19.
47 (A) State holidays shall be the first day of January, the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, the day designated in the "Act of June 28, 1968," 82 Stat. 250, 5 U.S.C. 6103, as amended, for the commemoration of Memorial day, the nineteenth day of June, the fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the second Monday in October, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the eleventh day of November, the fourth Thursday in November, the twenty-fifth day of December, and any day appointed and recommended by the governor of this state or the president of the United States. Employees shall be paid for these holidays as specified in section 124.18 of the Revised Code.
56 (B) The board of trustees of a community college, technical college, state community college, or state university or college as defined in division (A) (1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code may, for all employees of the college or university, observe on days other than those specified in division (A) of this section any of the holidays otherwise observed on the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, and the second Monday in October.
Sec. 325.19.
76 (A) (1) The granting of vacation leave under division (A) (1) of this section is subject to divisions (A) (2) and (3) of this section. Each full-time employee in the several offices and departments of the county service, including fulltime hourly rate employees, after service of one year with the county or any political subdivision of the state, shall have earned and will be due upon the attainment of the first year of employment, and annually thereafter, eighty hours of vacation leave with full pay.
87 (D) (1) In addition to vacation leave, a full-time county employee is entitled to eight hours of holiday pay for New Year's day, Martin Luther King day, Washington-Lincoln day, Memorial day, Juneteenth day, Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Democracy day, Veterans' day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day, of each year.
153 (E) In the case of the death of a county employee, the unused vacation leave and unpaid overtime to the credit of the employee shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to the employee's estate.
Sec. 511.10.
236 The board of township trustees may appoint such superintendents, architects, clerks, laborers, and other employees as are necessary and fix their compensation. Any person so appointed may be removed by a majority of the members of such board at any time.
241 Any township employee working on a salary or hourly basis is entitled to eight hours of holiday pay for New Year's day, Martin Luther King day, Washington-Lincoln day, Memorial day, Juneteenth day, Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Democracy day, Veterans' day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day, of each year, provided that the employee is a regular employee with at least six months full-time township service prior to the month when such holiday occurs.
Sec. 1345.21.
253 As used in sections 1345.21 to 1345.28 of the Revised Code:
305 (I) "Business day" means any calendar day except Sunday, or the following business holidays: New Year's day, Martin Luther King day, Presidents' day, Memorial day, Juneteenth day, Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Democracy day, Veterans day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day.
Sec. 3313.63.
342 Boards of education may dismiss the schools under their control on the first day of January, the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, the day designated in the "Act of June 28, 1968," 82 Stat. 250, 5 U.S.C. 6103, as amended, for the commemoration of Memorial day, the nineteenth day of June, the fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the second Monday in October, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the eleventh day of November, or the succeeding Monday when that day falls on a Sunday, the fourth Thursday in November, and the twenty-fifth day of December, on any day set apart by proclamation of the president of the United States or the governor of this state as a day of fast, thanksgiving, or mourning, or on the days approved by the board for teachers' attendance at an educational meeting.
Sec. 3319.087.
360 Notwithstanding section 3319.086 of the Revised Code, all regular nonteaching school employees employed on an eleven or twelve month basis, whether salaried or compensated on an hourly or per diem basis, are entitled to a minimum of the following holidays for which they shall be paid their regular salary or their regular rate of pay, provided each such employee accrued earnings on the employee's next preceding and next following scheduled work days before and after such holiday or was properly excused from attendance at work on either or both of those days: New Year's day, Martin Luther King day, Memorial day, Juneteenth day, Independence day, Labor day, Democracy day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day of each year.
370 All regular nonteaching school employees employed on a nine or ten month basis, whether salaried or compensated on an hourly or per diem basis, are entitled to a minimum of the following holidays for which they shall be paid their regular salary or their regular rate of pay, provided each such employee accrued earnings on the employee's next preceding and next following scheduled work days before and after such holiday or was properly excused from attendance at work on either or both of those days: New Year's day, Martin Luther King day, Memorial day, Labor day, Democracy day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day of each year.
380 Regular nonteaching school employees employed less than nine months shall be entitled to a minimum of those holidays enumerated in this section which fall during the employees' time of employment.
Section 2. That existing sections $1.14,5.20,124.19$, 325.19, 511.10, 1345.21, 3313.63, and 3319.087 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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