HB 374

relating to the designation of certain election days as state
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended
(b)  A state holiday includes only the following days:
(1)  the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes Day,"
in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate
(2)  the second day of March, "Texas Independence Day";
(3)  the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";
(4)  the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in Texas,"
in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;
(5)  the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines Johnson
Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson;
(6)  the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;
(7)  the 24th day of December; [and]
(8)  the 26th day of December; and
(9)  the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November of an even-numbered year.
SECTION 2.  Section 662.021, Government Code, is amended to
Sec. 662.021.  DATES OF HOLIDAYS.  A legal holiday includes
(1)  a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and
(2)  a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1)
through (6) and Section 662.003(b)(9).
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.