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HB2471 • 2026

Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays

HB2471 - Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Mariana Sandoval, Anna Abeytia, Cesar Aguilar, Lorena Austin, Seth Blattman, Janeen Connolly, Lupe Contreras, Patty Contreras, Quantá Crews, Brian Garcia, Sarah Liguori, Elda Luna-Nájera, Aaron Márquez, Christopher Mathis, Mae Peshlakai, Stephanie Simacek, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, Myron Tsosie, Betty J Villegas, Lela Alston, Denise “Mitzi” Epstein, Rosanna Gabaldón, Lauren Kuby, Analise Ortiz, Priya Sundareshan
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation incorrectly stated that the bill changes Cesar Chavez Day to a specific date, but the official text shows it retains the existing holiday.

Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Holidays Act

This bill adds new state holidays for Dolores Huerta on April 1 and retains the existing holiday for Cesar Chavez on March 31 in Arizona.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds April 1 as 'Dolores Huerta Day' to the list of state holidays.
  • Retains March 31 as 'Cesar Chavez Day'.
  • Repeals an old section about holidays that is no longer needed.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who work for the state of Arizona

Terms To Know

Holidays
Special days when people do not have to go to work or school.
Repeal
To remove a law that is no longer needed.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the new holidays will affect schools and businesses.
  • It's unclear if other states will follow Arizona's example.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-01-20 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-20 House

    House Government: None

  4. 2026-01-20 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2471 - Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays

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HB2471 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2471

Introduced by

Representatives
Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Blattman, Connolly, Contreras L,
Contreras P, Crews, Garcia, Liguori, Luna-N�jera, M�rquez, Mathis, Peshlakai,
Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Tsosie, Villegas;� Senators Alston, Epstein,
Gabald�n, Kuby, Ortiz, Sundareshan

AN
ACT

Amending section 1-301, Arizona
Revised Statutes; repealing section 1-308, Arizona Revised Statutes;
relating to holidays.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 1-301, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
1-301.

Holidays enumerated

A. The following days shall be holidays:

1. Sunday of each week.

2. January 1, "New Year's Day".

3. Third Monday in January, "Martin Luther
King, Jr./Civil Rights Day".

4. Third Monday in February,
"Lincoln/Washington Presidents' Day".

5. March 31, "Cesar Chavez
day".

6. April 1, "dolores huerta
Day".

5.

7.
Second
Sunday in May, "Mothers' Day".

6.

8.
Last
Monday in May, "Memorial Day".

7.

9.
June
2, "Native American Day".

8.

10.
Third
Sunday in June, "Fathers' Day".

9.

11.
July
4, "Independence Day".

10.

12.
First
Sunday in August, "American Family Day".

11.

13.
August
14, "National Navajo Code Talkers Day".

12.

14.
First
Monday in September, "Labor Day".

13.

15.
September
17, "Constitution Commemoration Day".

14.

16.
Second
Monday in October, "Columbus Day".

15.

17.
November
11, "Veterans' Day".

16.

18.
Fourth
Thursday in November, "Thanksgiving Day".

17.

19.
December
25, "Christmas Day".

B. When any of the holidays enumerated in subsection
A of this section falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as
a holiday, with the exception of the holidays enumerated in subsection A,
paragraphs 1,
5,
7,
8
9
, 10,
11
12,

and
13
and 15
of this section.

C. When any of the holidays enumerated in subsection
A, paragraphs 2,
5,
9
6, 11
,
15 and
17
and
19
of this section falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be
observed as a holiday.

D. When the holiday enumerated in subsection A,
paragraph
7
9
of this section
falls on a day other than Sunday, the Sunday following June 2 shall be observed
as that holiday.

E. When the holiday enumerated in subsection A,
paragraph
11
13
of this section
falls on a day other than Sunday, the Sunday following August 14 shall be
observed as that holiday.

F. When the holiday enumerated in subsection A,
paragraph
13
15
of this section
falls on a day other than Sunday, the Sunday preceding September 17 shall be
observed as that holiday.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Repeal

Section 1-308, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.