SB 601

            
2020 SESSION

20102752D

SENATE BILL NO. 601


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 2.2-3300 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to legal holidays; Lee-Jackson Day; 
 Election Day.
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Patrons-- Lucas and Ebbin

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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 2.2-3300 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 2.2-3300. Legal holidays.
 
 
It is the policy of the Commonwealth to fix and set aside 
 certain days in the calendar year as legal holidays for the people of Virginia. 
 In each year, the following days are designated as legal holidays:
 
 
January 1 -- New Years Day.
 
 
The Friday preceding 
 the third Monday in January -- Lee-Jackson Day to honor 
 Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) and Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson 
 (1824-1863), defenders of causes.
 
 
The third Monday in January -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Day to 
 honor Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929-1968), defender of causes.
 
 
The third Monday in February -- George Washington Day to honor 
 George Washington (1732-1799), the first President of the United States.
 
 
The last Monday in May -- Memorial Day to honor all persons who 
 made the supreme sacrifice in giving their lives in defense of Virginia and the 
 United States in the following wars and engagements and otherwise: Indian 
 Uprising (1622), French and Indian Wars (1754-1763), Revolutionary War 
 (1775-1783), War of 1812 (1812-1815), Mexican War (1846-1848), War Between the 
 States (1861-1865), Spanish-American War (1898), World War I (1917-1918), World 
 War II (1941-1945), Korean War (1950-1953), Vietnam War (1965-1973), Operation 
 Desert Shield-Desert Storm (1990-1991), Global War on Terrorism (2000- ), 
 Operation Enduring Freedom (2001- ), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003- ). On 
 this day all flags, national, state, and local, shall be flown at half -staff 
 or mast to honor and acknowledge respect for those who made the supreme sacrifice.
 
 
July 4 -- Independence Day to honor the signing of the 
 Declaration of Independence.
 
 
The first Monday in September -- Labor Day to honor all people 
 who work in Virginia.
 
 
The second Monday in October -- Columbus Day and Yorktown 
 Victory Day to honor Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), a discoverer of the 
 Americas, and the final victory at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, in the 
 Revolutionary War.
 
 
The Tuesday following 
 the first Monday in November -- Election Day for the right of citizens of a 
 free society to exercise the right to vote.
 
 
November 11 -- Veterans Day to honor all persons who served in 
 the Armed Forces of Virginia and the United States in the following wars and 
 engagements and otherwise: Indian Uprising (1622), French and Indian Wars 
 (1754-1763), Revolutionary War (1775-1783), War of 1812 (1812-1815), Mexican 
 War (1846-1848), War Between the States (1861-1865), Spanish American War 
 (1898), World War I (1917-1918), World War II (1941-1945), Korean War 
 (1950-1953), Vietnam War (1965-1973), Operation Desert Shield-Desert Storm 
 (1990-1991), Global War on Terrorism (2000- ), Operation Enduring Freedom 
 (2001- ), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003- ).
 
 
The fourth Thursday in November and the Friday next following 
 -- Thanksgiving Day to honor and give thanks in each persons own manner for 
 the blessings bestowed upon the people of Virginia and honoring the first 
 Thanksgiving in 1619.
 
 
December 25 -- Christmas Day.
 
 
Whenever any of such days falls on Saturday, the Friday next 
 preceding such day, or whenever any of such days falls on Sunday, the Monday 
 next following such day, and any day so appointed by the Governor of the 
 Commonwealth or the President of the United States, shall be a legal holiday as 
 to the transaction of all business.