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SB1266 • 2026

Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays.

SB1266 - 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
Catherine Miranda, Analise Ortiz, Priya Sundareshan
Last action
2026-01-22
Official status
Senate second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on how schools and businesses will handle the new holidays or what happens if these holidays fall on weekends.

Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Holidays Act

This bill adds 'Cesar Chavez Day' on March 31 and 'Dolores Huerta Day' on April 1 as state holidays in Arizona.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds March 31 as 'Cesar Chavez Day'.
  • Adds April 1 as 'Dolores Huerta Day'.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who work in Arizona and get paid time off for state holidays.

Terms To Know

Holidays
Special days when people do not have to go to work or school because they are celebrated by the state.
Repeal
To cancel a law that is no longer needed.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if these new holidays fall on weekends.
  • It's unclear how schools and businesses will handle the new holidays.
  • The effective date of this bill has not been set yet.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Senate second read

  2. 2026-01-21 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-21 Senate

    Senate Government: None

  4. 2026-01-21 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1266 - Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays.

Current Bill Text

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SB1266 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
Dolores Huerta; Cesar Chavez; holidays.

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1266

Introduced by

Senators
Miranda: 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.