Assembly Bill A1835

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as public holidays

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2021-A1835 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1066
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
General Construction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24, Gen Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11350
2019-2020: A2768, S4069
2023-2024: A3068, S5488, S6179

2021-A1835 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as public holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition.

2021-A1835 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1835
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ, REYES, COLTON, CRUZ, DICKENS, EPSTEIN,
   GRIFFIN, NIOU, JEAN-PIERRE, SAYEGH, PICHARDO, AUBRY -- Multi-Sponsored
   by  --  M.    of A. DE LA ROSA, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to  establish-
   ing Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as public holidays
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 24 of the general construction law, as  amended  by
 chapter 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
 the  following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New
 Year's day; the third Monday of January,  known  as  Dr.  Martin  Luther
 King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
 the  third  Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last
 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in  June,  known
 as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth
 day  of  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September,
 known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;
 the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth  Thurs-
 day  in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of
 December, known as Christmas day; THE HOLIDAYS OF EID  UL-FITR  AND  EID
 UL-ADHA, AS AFFIXED BY MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LAW AND TRADITION, and if any of
 such  days  except  Flag  day  is  Sunday, the next day thereafter; each
 general election day, and each day appointed by  the  president  of  the
 United  States  or  by  the  governor  of this state as a day of general
 thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer,  or  other  general  religious
 observances.  The  term  half-holiday  includes  the period from noon to
 midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02865-01-1
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.