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HB3595 • 2025

Establishes the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday in this state.

Establishes the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday in this state.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Tran, Representative Chaichi,, Dobson,, Nguyen D,, Nguyen H,, Pham H,, Sanchez,, Walters,, Senator Jama,, Pham
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday in this state.

Digest: The Act makes the Lunar New Year a state holiday.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act makes the Lunar New Year a state holiday.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 86.7).
  • Establishes the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday in this state.
  • Relating to: Relating to the Lunar New Year.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-03-24 House

    Public Hearing held.

  3. 2025-02-20 House

    Referred to Rules.

  4. 2025-02-18 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act makes the Lunar New Year a state holiday. (Flesch Readability Score: 86.7).
Establishes the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday in this state.
Relating to: Relating to the Lunar New Year.
Current location: In House Committee

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3595
Sponsored by Representative TRAN; Representatives CHAICHI, DOBSON, NGUYEN D, NGUYEN H, SANCHEZ,
Senators JAMA, PHAM K
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act makes the Lunar New Year a state holiday. (Flesch Readability Score: 86.7).
Establishes the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday in this state.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Lunar New Year; amending ORS 187.010.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 187.010 is amended to read:
187.010. (1) The following days are legal holidays in this state:
(a) Each Sunday.
(b) New Year’s Day on January 1.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday on the third Monday in January.
(d) Presidents Day, for the purpose of commemorating Presidents Washington and Lincoln, on
the third Monday in February.
(e) The day of the Lunar New Year on the date corresponding with the second new moon
following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice when an
intercalary month intervenes.
[(e)] (f) Memorial Day on the last Monday in May.
[(f)] (g) Juneteenth on June 19.
[(g)] (h) Independence Day on July 4.
[(h)] (i) Labor Day on the first Monday in September.
[(i)] (j) Veterans Day on November 11.
[(j)] (k) Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November.
[(k)] (L) Christmas Day on December 25.
(2) Each time a holiday, other than Sunday, listed in subsection (1) of this section falls on Sun-
day, the succeeding Monday shall be a legal holiday. Each time a holiday listed in subsection (1)
of this section falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a legal holiday.
(3) Any act authorized, required or permitted to be performed on a holiday as designated in this
section may be performed on the next succeeding business day; and no liability or loss of rights of
any kind shall result from such delay.
(4) In enumerating legal holidays in subsection (1) of this section, the Legislative Assembly does
not intend to limit or otherwise affect public or private collective bargaining or collective bargain-
ing agreements.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 3743