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H. 4837
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Garvin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\cc\15616zw20.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 261, 307
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2020
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Holidays; establish General Election Day as a state holiday
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/14/2020 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 126)
1/14/2020 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 126)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 53-5-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ENUMERATION OF LEGAL HOLIDAYS, SO AS TO ESTABLISH GENERAL ELECTION DAY AS A STATE HOLIDAY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 53-5-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 53-5-10. (A) The first day of January--New Year's Day, the third Monday of January--Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the third Monday in February--George Washington's birthday/President's Day, the tenth day of May--Confederate Memorial Day, the last Monday of May--National Memorial Day, the fourth day of July--Independence Day, the first Monday in September--Labor Day, the eleventh day of November--Veterans Day, National Thanksgiving Day and the day after, and the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth days of December in each year are legal holidays.
(B) The holiday schedules of public colleges and universities, including technical colleges, shall not be in violation of this section so long as the number of holidays provided for in this section are not exceeded.
(C) General election day is a legal holiday in addition to the holidays provided in subsection (A)."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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