Designates, as State and public holiday, September 11 as Patriot Day.

A1080

ASSEMBLY, No. 1080

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROBERT D. CLIFTON

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Designates, as State and public holiday, September 11
as Patriot Day.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning legal holidays and amending P.L.2008,
c.89 and R.S.36:1-1.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 25 of P.L.2008, c.89
(C.11A:6-24.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 25.�
[
a.
]
Paid holidays
granted to all State government employees each calendar year shall be limited
to the following:

���� (1)�� January 1, known as New
Year's Day;

���� (2)�� the third Monday in
January, known as Martin Luther King's Birthday;

���� (3)�� the third Monday in
February, known as Washington's Birthday, which shall be known and celebrated
as Presidents Day in this State;

���� (4)�� the day designated and
known as Good Friday;

���� (5)�� the last Monday in May,
known as Memorial Day;

���� (6)�� the third Friday in
June, Juneteenth Day;

���� (7)�� July 4, known as
Independence Day;

���� (8)�� the first Monday in
September, known as Labor Day;

����
(9)
��
September 11,
known as Patriot Day
;

����
[
(9)
]

(10)
�� the second Monday
in October, known as Columbus Day;

����
[
(10)
]

(11)
�November 11, known
as Armistice Day or Veterans' Day;

����
[
(11)
]

(12)
� the fourth Thursday
in November, known as Thanksgiving Day;

����
[
(12)
]

(13)
� December 25, known
as Christmas Day; and

����
[
(13)
]

(14)
� any general
election day in this State.

���� b.��� The provisions of this
section shall not impair any collective bargaining agreement or contract in
effect on the effective date of P.L.2008, c.89.� The provision of this section
shall take effect in the calendar year following the expiration of the collective
bargaining agreements or contracts covering a majority of the Executive Branch
employees in effect on the effective date of P.L.2008, c.89.

(cf: P.L.2020, c.76, s.1)

���� 2.��� R.S.36:1-1 is amended to
read as follows:

���� 36:1-1.� a.� The following
days in each year shall, for all purposes whatsoever as regards the presenting
for payment or acceptance, and of the protesting and giving notice of dishonor,
of bills of exchange, bank checks and promissory notes be treated and
considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and as public
holidays, except as provided under subsection d. of this section: January 1,
known as New Year's Day; the third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther
King's Birthday; February 12, known as Lincoln's Birthday; the third Monday in
February, known as Washington's Birthday; the day designated and known as Good
Friday; the last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day; the third Friday in
June, Juneteenth Day; July 4, known as Independence Day; the first Monday in
September, known as Labor Day;
September 11, known as Patriot Day;
the
second Monday in October, known as Columbus Day; November 11, known as
Armistice Day or Veterans' Day; the fourth Thursday in November, known as
Thanksgiving Day; December 25, known as Christmas Day; any general election day
in this State; every Saturday; and any day heretofore or hereafter appointed,
ordered or recommended by the Governor of this State, or the President of the
United States, as a day of fasting and prayer, or other religious observance,
or as a bank holiday or holidays.� All such bills, checks and notes, otherwise
presentable for acceptance or payment on any of the days herein enumerated,
shall be deemed to be payable and be presentable for acceptance or payment on
the secular or business day next succeeding any such holiday.

���� b.��� Whenever any of the days
herein enumerated can and shall fall on a Sunday, the Monday next following
shall, for any of the purposes herein enumerated be deemed a public holiday,
except as provided under subsection d. of this section; and bills of exchange,
checks and promissory notes which otherwise would be presentable for acceptance
or payment on such Monday shall be deemed to be presentable for acceptance or
payment on the secular or business day next succeeding such holiday.

���� c.���� In construing this
section, every Saturday shall, until 12 o'clock noon, be deemed a secular or
business day, except as is hereinbefore provided in regard to bills of
exchange, bank checks and promissory notes, and the days herein enumerated
except bank holidays and Saturdays shall be considered as the first day of the
week, commonly called Sunday, and public holidays, for all purposes whatsoever
as regards the transaction of business in the public offices of this State, or
counties of this State, except as provided under subsection d. of this section;
but on all other days or half days, except Sunday or as otherwise provided by
law, such offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business.

���� d.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections a. through c. of this section, when the provisions of
this subsection take effect, the following day each calendar year shall not be
considered a public holiday for the purposes of conducting State government
business:

���� February 12, known as
Lincoln's Birthday.

���� All public offices of State
government in this State shall be open on this day for the transaction of
business.

(cf: P.L.2020, c.76, s.2)

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill designates, as a
State and public holiday, September 11 of each year as Patriot Day.

���� The September 11 �9/11�
attacks were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the
militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States on
Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people in New York
City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Among the number of
victims, approximately 750 were New Jersey citizens, accounting for the most
lives lost in any state after New York. In the wake of significant fatalities,
an indeterminate number of injuries, and substantial long-term health
consequences, 9/11 remains the deadliest terrorist attack on United States
soil.

���� In honor of the lives lost in
the attacks, many memorials have been erected across the nation as sites for
commemoration and remembrance, including the 9/11 Memorial in New York City
that opened on September 11, 2011. New Jersey has over 150 memorial sites
statewide honoring the memory of the New Jersey residents who tragically
perished in the attacks. On December 18, 2001, The United States Congress
memorialized this historic event by officially naming September 11 �Patriot
Day� to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 and, in 2009, Congress named
September 11 a National Day of Service and Remembrance.

���� September 11 is a solemn day
not only in our country�s history but also in the State of New Jersey. Every
year on this day New Jersey citizens join together to honor, remember, and pay
tribute to the residents who lives were lost in the attacks. It is thus fitting
and proper that the State of New Jersey designate September 11, known as
�Patriot Day,� as a State and public holiday, in honor of the New Jersey
victims of 9/11.