Holidays And Special Dates
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Personnel - Law Enforcement Employees - Extra Compensation [HB-665]
Specifying that a law enforcement employee of any unit of State government, instead of only specified law enforcement employees of the Department of State Police and the Department of Natural Resources, who works on specified holidays is entitled to extra compensation; making the Act contingent on the execution of a specified preliminary agreement; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to give specified notices to the Department of Legislative Services; etc.
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State Government - Commemorative Days - Maryland Centenarians Day [HB-37]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the second Thursday in May as Maryland Centenarians Day.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Month - German-American Heritage Month [HB-34]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim October as German-American Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Maryland Emancipation Day [HB-167]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 1 as Maryland Emancipation Day.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution [HB-1535]
Establishing the Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution; requiring the Commission to take actions and make recommendations regarding commemoration of women's suffrage in Maryland; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2014, and annually thereafter for the next 5 years; terminating the Act after October 31, 2020; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Task Force to Study a Post-Labor Day Start Date for Maryland Public Schools [HB-1502]
Establishing the Task Force to Study a Post-Labor Day Start Date for Maryland Public Schools; providing for the membership, chair, and staff for the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study issues relating to a post-Labor Day start date for Maryland public schools; and requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2014.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Earth Hour [HB-1352]
Requiring, except under specified circumstances, the Governor annually to issue an order, in observance of Earth Hour, that the lights of Government House and the State House be turned off on the last Saturday of March at 8:30 p.m. and remain off for 1 hour.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Juneteenth National Freedom Day [HB-1341]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Education - Beginning of School Year - After Labor Day [HB-1069]
Prohibiting public schools and publicly funded prekindergarten programs from opening for pupil attendance prior to the day after Labor Day.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Youth Political Awareness Day [HB-1049]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first Monday in November as Youth Political Awareness Day; and requiring that the proclamation urge specified organizations to observe Youth Political Awareness Day properly.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Education - Public School Holidays - Easter Monday [HB-1016]
Repealing the requirement that the Monday after Easter be a public school holiday; and specifying that, at the option of a county board, the Monday after Easter may be a public school holiday.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
National Harriet Tubman Day [SJR-4]
Requesting that the President of the United States declare March 10, 2013, as National Harriet Tubman Day.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Harriet Tubman Day [SB-790]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim March 10, 2012, as Harriet Tubman Day; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Harriet Tubman Day [SB-777]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March 10 as Harriet Tubman Day.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Maryland Centenarians Day [SB-73]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the second Thursday in May as Maryland Centenarians Day.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Juneteenth National Freedom Day [SB-630]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Crime Victims and Advocates [SB-572]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim April 3 as Crime Victim and Advocate Commemorative Day to honor the individuals in the State who have become crime victims and the advocates who serve those victims; and requiring the Governor annually to take appropriate steps to publicize Crime Victim and Advocate Commemorative Day.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Month - German-American Heritage Month [SB-42]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim October each year as German- American Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Month - Irish-American Heritage Month [SB-36]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim the month of March each year as Irish-American Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Day - Young Heroes Day [SB-29]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first Monday of October to be Young Heroes Day, in recognition of positive contributions that minors have made to society.