Holidays And Special Dates
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Legal and Employee Holiday - Maryland Emancipation Day [SB-139]
Establishing November 1 as Maryland Emancipation Day and as a State legal holiday and State employee holiday; and repealing the requirement that the Governor declare a certain day as Maryland Emancipation Day.
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General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Prince Hall Day [HB-1491]
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim the second Sunday in September as Prince Hall Day.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Schools - Veterans' Day - Authorized Public School Holiday [HB-1354]
Authorizing public schools to designate Veterans' Day as a public school holiday.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commemorative Weeks - Maryland Climate Education Week [HB-993]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first week of April as Maryland Climate Education Week; and requiring the proclamation to urge residents of all ages to participate in educational activities that promote awareness of climate change and take action toward the State's climate commitments.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
General Provisions – Commemorative Days – Hip Hop Day of Service [SB-646]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 18 as Hip Hop Day of Service; and requiring the proclamation to urge citizens and organizations to observe Hip Hop Day of Service with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day [SB-615]
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim September 30 as Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Community Health Worker Appreciation Day [HB-568]
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim May 8th as Community Health Worker Appreciation Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe community health workers with informative programs and activities.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Prince Hall Day [SB-467]
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim the second Sunday in September as Prince Hall Day.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Korean American Day [HB-448]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge certain organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Korean American Day [SB-387]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Overdose Awareness Day [HB-295]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Burial Sites of Enslaved Persons - Protection and Access (Emancipation for the Maryland Deceased Enslaved Act) [SB-105]
Requiring an owner of land that encompasses any part of a former plantation to identify and allow visitation to certain burial sites of enslaved persons, under certain circumstances; prohibiting construction of any structure on certain burial sites; establishing the Office of Burial Sites of the Maryland Enslaved; and requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $2,500,000 for the Office.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
General Provisions – Commemorative Month – Small Business Month [HB-122]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of May as Small Business Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge citizens and organizations to observe Small Business Month properly with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Indigenous Peoples' Day - Rule of Interpretation and Replacement of Columbus Day [HB-179]
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 2024 Regular Session
Overdose Awareness Day [SB-103]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Holocaust Remembrance Day [HB-1244]
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim January 27 as Maryland Holocaust Remembrance Day; and requiring the proclamation to include a declaration of the purposes of Maryland Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
General Provisions – Commemorative Days – Equal Pay Commemoration Day [HB-1158]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March 15 as Equal Pay Commemoration Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge governmental, educational, and cultural organizations to reflect on the contributions of women to the economy, and on efforts to establish and promote equality in the workplace through appropriate and informative programs and activities.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Dashain Day [HB-967]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim October 5 as Dashain Day, a festival originating in Nepal that celebrates and symbolizes victory of good over evil.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Institutions of Higher Education – Faith–Based and Religious Beliefs – Academic Accommodations Policy [HB-912]
Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a written policy that provides reasonable academic accommodations for students to practice sincerely held faith-based or religious beliefs.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Priority Out–of–School Time Program – Alterations [SB-810]
Transferring the Public School Opportunities Enhancement Program from the State Department of Education to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services and renaming the Program to be the Maryland Priority Out-of-School Time Program, an educational and recreational enrichment program for children ages 4 to 19; altering certain requirements for awarding grants under the Program; and beginning in fiscal year 2024, altering the mandated appropriation to the Program to $8,500,000 for each fiscal year.