South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Jackson and K. Johnson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\jn\3289zw21.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3267

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Family and Veterans' Services

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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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 92)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services 
                        (Senate Journal-page 92)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A 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 may 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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