Holidays And Special Dates
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Month - Hispanic Heritage Month [SB-415]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim a period from September 15 to October 15 each year as Hispanic Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate activities.
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Education - Public School Holidays - Veterans Day [SB-410]
Adding Veterans Day to the list of public school holidays; removing Veterans Day from the list of days for which public schools are required to devote a part of the day to specified exercises; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - State Designations - Review, Evaluation, and Recommendation [SB-166]
Authorizing the State Archivist to review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding State designations on request, or at the State Archivist's discretion; requiring the State Archivist to review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding State designations at the request of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, or the chairs of specified legislative committees; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Day - Young Heroes Day [SB-134]
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.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Earth Hour [HJR-9]
Recognizing the hour from 8:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m. on March 27, 2010, as Earth Hour; urging Marylanders to observe Earth Hour; and urging the Governor to order that the lights in the Government House and the State Capitol complex be turned off during Earth Hour.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Recognition of Captain Lambert Wickes of Maryland - Revolutionary War Naval [HJR-14]
Recognizing the contributions of Captain Lambert Wickes to the American Revolutionary War and America's legacy of national independence and honoring Captain Wickes' service and sacrifice as a member of the Continental Navy.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Education - Tween/Teen Dating Violence (Kristin Marie Mitchell Law) [HB-911]
Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt in the public schools a specified program on dating violence on or before a specified date; altering the definition of "victim of domestic violence"; requiring the Governor to proclaim the first week in February each year "Tween/Teen Dating Violence Education and Awareness Week"; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services [HB-910]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim the first Sunday in June each year as the day to honor fire, rescue, and emergency services workers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of their duties; requiring the Governor to order the State flag to be flown at half-staff on a specified day each year; and requiring, on the first Sunday in June each year, specified memorial plaques to be placed by the Maryland Fire-Rescue Services Memorial Foundation, Inc., on the Maryland Fire-Rescue Services Memorial in the City of Annapolis.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Day - Young Heroes Day [HB-684]
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.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - State Designations - Review, Evaluation, and Recommendation [HB-345]
Authorizing the State Archivist to review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding State designations upon request, or at the State Archivist's discretion; requiring the State Archivist to review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding State designations at the request of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, or the Chairs of specified legislative committees; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Month - Hispanic Heritage Month [HB-34]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim a period from September 15 to October 15 each year as Hispanic Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate activities.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month [HB-333]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim annually the month of September to be "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month".
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Education - Public School Holidays - Veterans Day [HB-276]
Adding Veterans Day to the list of public school holidays; removing Veterans Day from the list of days for which public schools are required to devote a part of the day to specified exercises; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Employees - Suicide Awareness and Prevention [HB-1273]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to declare a specified week each year to be "Suicide Awareness and Prevention Week"; requiring the Department to transmit electronically specified information to specified heads of principal units; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Earth Hour [HB-1045]
Requiring the Governor annually to issue an order, in observance of Earth Hour, that the lights in the Governor's Mansion 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 2020 Regular Session
Commemorative Days - Maryland Voting Equity Reform Day [HB-950]
Providing that the Fourth Tuesday in October each year is Maryland Voting Equity Reform Day.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Indigenous Peoples' Day - Rule of Interpretation and Replacement of Columbus Day [HB-895]
Replacing references to Columbus Day in certain provisions of law with references to Indigenous Peoples' Day; and establishing that Indigenous Peoples' Day is to be observed on October 12 or if the United States Congress designates another day for the observance of Columbus Day, the day designated by the United States Congress.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State and Public School Holidays - Designation and Observance [HB-868]
Designating the day after Thanksgiving as American Indian Heritage Day and a public school holiday; requiring public schools to devote part of at least one day to appropriate exercises for American Indian Heritage Day; designating September 17 for Constitution Day and Citizenship Day as a public school holiday; repealing Columbus Day as a legal State holiday; designating September 17 for Constitution Day and Citizenship Day as a legal State holiday; and designating statewide primary election days as legal State holidays.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Pongal Day [SB-620]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 14 as Pongal Day, Pongal being one of the main festivals celebrating the importance of the harvest in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India, Sri Lanka, and many other countries.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day [HB-716]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the fourth Thursday in March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day through appropriate and informative programs and activities.