HB118 • 2026

AN ACT relating to state holidays.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: G. Brown Jr.
Last action: 2026-01-14
Official status: 01/14/26: to State Government (H)
Effective date: Not listed

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AN ACT relating to state holidays.

What This Bill Does

AN ACT relating to state holidays.

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Bill History

2026-01-14 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
to State Government (H)
2026-01-07 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to state holidays.

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AN ACT relating to state holidays. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 2.110 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) The first day of January (New Year's Day), the third Monday of January (Birthday 4
of Martin Luther King, Jr.), the nineteenth day of January (Robert E. Lee Day), the 5
thirtieth day of January (Franklin D. Roos evelt Day), the twelfth day of February 6
(Lincoln's Birthday), the third Monday in February (Washington's Birthday), the 7
last Monday in May (Memorial Day), the third day of June (Confederate Memorial 8
Day, and Jefferson Davis Day), the nineteenth day of June (Juneteenth National 9
Freedom Day), the fourth day of July (Independence Day), the first Monday in 10
September (Labor Day), the second Monday in October (Columbus Day), the 11
eleventh day of November (Veterans Day), the twenty -fifth day of December 12
(Christmas Day) of each year, and all days appointed by the President of the United 13
States or by the Governor as days of thanksgiving, are holidays, on which all the 14
public offices of this Commonwealth may be closed. 15
(2) No person shall be compelled to labor on the f irst Monday in September (Labor 16
Day) by any person. 17