Holidays And Special Dates
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Universal School Start Act of 2020 [SB-558]
Requiring, beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, a county board of education to set the start date of the school year for schools in the county not earlier than the first Tuesday after Labor Day; authorizing a county board to grant a school a certain waiver from a certain requirement for good cause as established by the State Board of Education in regulations; requiring the State Board to adopt certain regulations; etc.
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Universal School Start Act of 2020 [HB-743]
Requiring, beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, a county board of education to set the start date of the school year for schools in the county not earlier than the first Tuesday after Labor Day; authorizing a county board to grant a school a certain waiver from a certain requirement for good cause as established by the State Board of Education in regulations; requiring the State Board to adopt certain regulations; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commemorative Days - Maryland Voting Equity Reform Day [SB-464]
Providing that the fourth Tuesday in October each year is Maryland Voting Equity Reform Day.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Hangul Day [HB-122]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim October 9 as Hangul Day, which refers to the Korean alphabet, the only writing system rooted in a philosophy of benevolence and humanity.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Legal Holiday - Maryland Emancipation Day - Establishment [SB-76]
Establishing November 1 as the legal State holiday of Maryland Emancipation Day; and making Maryland Emancipation Day a public school holiday, a bank holiday, and a State employee holiday.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day [SB-20]
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.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Welcome Home Korean War Veterans Day [HB-32]
Providing that July 27 each year is Welcome Home Korean War Veterans Day in recognition of the service and sacrifice of Korean War veterans.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Controlled Water Ski Areas in Maynadier Creek - Operation of Vessel - Hours of Operation [SB-1193]
Authorizing a person to operate or give permission to operate a vessel for the purpose of towing a water skier in a ski slalom course located in a controlled water ski area located in Maynadier Creek on specified days between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.; and prohibiting a person from operating or giving permission to operate a vessel for specified purposes in a ski slalom course located in a controlled water ski area located in Maynadier Creek on specified days and State holidays.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Designations - The Preakness Stakes as the State Cultural Event [HB-1657]
Designating the Preakness Stakes as the State cultural event.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Designations - The Preakness Stakes as the State Cultural Event [SB-1166]
Designating the Preakness Stakes as the State cultural event.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Crabs - Harvest Times - Holidays [HB-1314]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations that authorize a tidal fish licensee authorized to catch crabs using all legal gear to work 1 additional early hour on Labor Day, Memorial Day, July 4, and the day before each of these holidays in a license year.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Public School Holidays - Veterans' Day and Easter Monday [HB-1412]
Repealing the requirement that the Monday after Easter be a public school holiday; requiring Veterans' Day to be a public school holiday; authorizing a county board of education to designate the Monday after Easter as a public school holiday; and providing for a delayed effective date.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Designations - Henrietta Lacks Day [HB-1462]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 1 to be Henrietta Lacks Day.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution [SB-636]
Altering the membership of the Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to include a representative of the Maryland Heritage Women's History Center.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - International Gang Awareness Day [HB-841]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the third Monday in September as International Gang Awareness Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge communities and criminal justice professionals throughout the State and the United States to take a stand against gangs and the threat that gangs pose to public safety.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Maryland Sportsmanship Month [SB-603]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March as Maryland Sportsmanship Month; requiring the proclamation to urge local recreation and parks departments in the State to observe Maryland Sportsmanship Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities; and specifying examples of appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Leap Year - Personal Leave [SB-580]
Providing that each employee in the State Personnel Management System, except a temporary employee, is entitled to 7 days, not to exceed 56 hours, of personal leave with pay at the beginning of the first full pay period of the calendar year during a leap year.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Hours of Sale MC 8-17 [HB-560]
Altering the hours a holder of a Class B or a Class B-BWL (H-M) beer, wine, and liquor license in Montgomery County may sell beer, wine, and liquor on the day designated by the federal government as a public holiday.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Maryland Sportsmanship Month [HB-576]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March as Maryland Sportsmanship Month; requiring the proclamation to urge local recreation and parks departments in the State to observe Maryland Sportsmanship Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities; and specifying examples of appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Public School Holidays - Presidents' Day and Easter Monday [HB-400]
Repealing the requirement that Presidents' Day and the Monday after Easter be public school holidays; and authorizing a county board of education to designate Presidents' Day and the Monday after Easter as public school holidays.