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HB2471 • 2026

Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays

HB2471 - Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays

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 official status indicates the bill passed both chambers, but the effective date is missing from the metadata and text excerpt.

HB2471: New State Holidays for Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

This bill adds March 31 as 'Cesar Chavez Day' and April 1 as 'Dolores Huerta Day' to the list of official state holidays in Arizona.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds March 31, named 'Cesar Chavez day', to the list of days that shall be holidays under section 1-301.
  • Adds April 1, named 'dolores huerta Day', to the list of days that shall be holidays under section 1-301.
  • Updates rules for observing these new holidays if they fall on a Saturday or Sunday by moving them to Friday or Monday respectively.
  • Repeals (removes) section 1-308 from the Arizona Revised Statutes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Entities and individuals subject to state holiday laws under Title 1 of the Arizona Revised Statutes

Terms To Know

Amended
Changed or updated an existing law, such as adding new holidays to a list.
Repealed
Removed a specific section of the law so it is no longer in effect.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not specify if private businesses or schools must close on these days.
  • The effective date for when these changes begin is not listed in this document.

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

Current Bill Text

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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.