HB396 • 2026

AN ACT relating to public holidays.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: C. Aull
Last action: 2026-01-23
Official status: 01/23/26: to State Government (H)
Effective date: Not listed

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AN ACT relating to public holidays.

What This Bill Does

AN ACT relating to public holidays.

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Bill History

2026-01-23 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
to State Government (H)
2026-01-15 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to public holidays.

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 998
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AN ACT relating to public 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),] 5
the thirtieth day of January (Franklin D. Ro osevelt Day), the twelfth day of 6
February (Lincoln's Birthday), the third Monday in February (Washington's 7
Birthday), the last Monday in May (Memorial Day), [ the third day of June 8
(Confederate Memorial Day, and Jefferson Davis Day),] the fourth day of July 9
(Independence Day), the first Monday in September (Labor Day), the second 10
Monday in October (Columbus Day), the eleventh day of November (Veterans 11
Day), the twenty-fifth day of December (Christmas Day) of each year, and all days 12
appointed by the President of the United States or by the Governor as days of 13
thanksgiving, are holidays[,] on which all the public offices of this Commonwealth 14
may be closed. 15
(2) No person shall be compelled to labor on the first Monday in September (Labor 16
Day) by any person. 17