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HB299 • 2025

An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17 as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.

An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17 as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
STAMBAUGH
Last action
2025-01-23
Official status
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Jan. 23, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17 as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.

An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17 as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17 as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-23 STATE GOVERNMENT

    Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Jan. 23, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17 as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 243
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 299
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY STAMBAUGH, KAUFFMAN, HAMM, JAMES, MENTZER,
FREEMAN, KUTZ, ROWE, REICHARD AND ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 23, 2025
AN ACT
Providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of
March 4 as Charter Day, June 14 as Flag Day and September 17
as Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Significant
Holiday Designation Act.
Section 2. Legislative findings.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Charter Day commemorates when William Penn received
the Charter Contract of Pennsylvania from Britain's King
Charles II in 1681. Charter Day allows all Pennsylvanians,
and people the world over, to reflect on Penn's "Holy
Experiment" in government, one operating on principles of
justice, liberty, freedom, tolerance and respect for all.
(2) Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of
the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the
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Second Continental Congress.
(3) Constitution Day commemorates the September 17,
1787, signing of the Constitution of the United States, the
most important of our nation's founding documents.
Section 3. Designations.
(a) Charter Day.--March 4 shall be designated as Charter Day
in this Commonwealth.
(b) Flag Day.--June 14 shall be designated as Flag Day in
this Commonwealth.
(c) Constitution Day.--September 17 shall be designated as
Constitution Day in this Commonwealth.
Section 4. Construction.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring an
employer to treat a day designated under this act as a legal or
official holiday or to provide paid leave to an employee on a
day designated under this act solely by virtue of the date being
designated under this act.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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