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State or other Martin Luther King’s Washington’s jurisdiction Major holidays (a) Birthday (b) Lincoln’s Birthday President’s Day (c) Birthday (c) Good Friday Memorial Day (d) Alabama H H(h) … … H(i) … H Alaska H H … H … … H Arizona H H … H … … H Arkansas H H(h) … … H(i) … H California H H … H … … H Colorado H H … H … … H Connecticut H H H … H H H Delaware H H … … … H H Florida H H … … … … H Georgia H H … … (l) … H Hawaii H H … H … H H Idaho H H(h) … H … … H Illinois H H H … H … H Indiana H H (m) … (m) H H Iowa H H … … … … H Kansas H H … … … … H Kentucky H H … … … H(n) H Louisiana H H … … … H H Maine H H … H … … H Maryland H H … H … … H Massachusetts H H … … H … H Michigan H H … H … … H Minnesota H H … H … … H Mississippi H H(h) … … H … H(v) Missouri H H H … H … H Montana H H … H … … H Nebraska H H … H … … H Nevada H H … H … … H New Hampshire H H(h) … H … … H New Jersey H H … H … H H New Mexico H H … (o) … … H New York H H (j) … H … H North Carolina H H … … … H H North Dakota H H … H … H H Ohio H H … H … … H Oklahoma H H … H … … H Oregon H H … H … … H Pennsylvania H H … H … … H Rhode Island H H … … … … H South Carolina H H … H … … H South Dakota H H … H … … H Tennessee H H … H … H H Texas H H … H … (r) H Utah H H … H … … H Vermont H H … H … … H Virginia H H … … H … H Washington H H … H … … H West Virginia H H … H … … H Wisconsin H H … … … … H Wyoming H H … H … … H Dist. of Columbia H H … … H … H American Samoa H H … H … H H Guam H H … … … … H CNMI* H H … H … H H Puerto Rico H H … H … H H U.S. Virgin Islands H H … H … H H
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State or other Day after Day before or after Day before or after jurisdiction Columbus Day (e) Veteran’s Day Thanksgiving Christmas New Year’s Election Day (f) Other (g) Alabama H H (k) (k) … … H Alaska … H … … … … H Arizona H H … … … … … Arkansas … H (k) Before … … H California … H H … … … H Colorado H H … … … … H Connecticut H H … … … … … Delaware … H H … … H H Florida … H H … … … H Georgia H H (l) (l) … … H Hawaii … H … … … H H Idaho H H … … … … … Illinois H H H … … H … Indiana H H (m) (m) … H … Iowa … H H … … … H Kansas … H H … … … H Kentucky … H H H H H(t) … Louisiana … H … … … H(u) H Maine H H H … … … H Maryland H H H(aa) … … H … Massachusetts H H … … … … H Michigan … H H Before Before H(z) … Minnesota … H H … … … H Mississippi … H (k) (k) … … H Missouri H H … … … … H Montana H H … … … H … Nebraska H H H … … … H Nevada … H H(cc) … … … H New Hampshire … H H … … … H New Jersey H H … … … H … New Mexico H H (o) … … (w) … New York H H … … … H … North Carolina … H H (x) … … … North Dakota … H … (p) … … … Ohio H H … … … … … Oklahoma … H H Before … … … Oregon … H H … … … … Pennsylvania H H H … … … … Rhode Island H H … … … H H South Carolina … H H Both … … H South Dakota (y) H … … … … … Tennessee (q) H (q) … … … … Texas … H H Both … … H Utah H H … … … … H Vermont … H (dd) … … … H Virginia H H H (ee) … … H Washington … H H(aa) … … … H West Virginia H H H (s) (s) H H Wisconsin … … … Before Before … … Wyoming … H … … … … … Dist. of Columbia H H … … … … H American Samoa H H … … … … H Guam … H … … … … H CNMI* (ff) H … … … … H Puerto Rico H H … Before … … H U.S. Virgin Islands (gg) H … (bb) … … H
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**Holidays in addition to any other authorized paid personal leave Iowa—State employees are granted two days of paid leave each year granted state employees. to be added to the vacation allowance and accrued under certain Source: The Council of State Governments’ survey of state personnel provisions. office Web sites, 2019. Kansas—One discretionary holiday that can be used any time during Note: In some states, the governor may proclaim additional holidays the calendar year. or select from a number of holidays for observance by state employ- Louisiana—Mardi Gras Day (Tuesday before Ash Wednesday), ees. In some states, the list of paid holidays is determined by the Inauguration Day (every four years, in Baton Rouge only). personnel department at the beginning of each year; as a result, Maine—Patriot's Day (third Monday in April). the number of holidays may change from year to year. Number of Massachusetts—Patriot's Day (third Monday in April), Evacuation Day paid holidays may also vary across some employee classifications. If (March 17—Suffolk County only), Bunker Hill Day (June 17—Suffolk a holiday falls on a weekend, generally employees get the day pre- County only). ceding or following. Minnesota—Regular and temporary employees with at least six *Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands months of employment shall receive two floating holidays each Key: payroll year. ★—Paid holiday granted. Mississippi—Confederate Memorial Day (last Monday in April). …—Paid holiday not granted. Missouri—Harry Truman’s Birthday (May 8). (a) New Year's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day), Thanksgiving Nebraska—Arbor Day (last Friday in April). Day and Christmas Day. Nevada—Nevada Day (last Friday in October). (b) Third Monday in January. New Hampshire—Employees who are employed on a full-time basis (c) Generally, third Monday in February; Washington's Birthday or are eligible for two floating holidays. President's Day. In some states the holiday is called President's Rhode Island—Victory Day (second Monday in August). Day or Washington-Lincoln Day. Most frequently, this day South Carolina—Confederate Memorial Day (May 10). recognizes George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Texas—The following are partial staffing holidays: Confederate (d) Last Monday in May in all states indicated, except Vermont Heroes Day (January 19), Texas Independence Day (March 2), where holiday is observed on May 30. Generally, states follow the San Jacinto Day (April 21), Emancipation Day in Texas (June 19) federal government's observance (last Monday in May) rather and Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (August 27). Staff offices are than the traditional Memorial Day (May 30). scheduled to be open on partial staffing holidays and optional (e) Second Monday in October. holidays. An employee may observe optional holidays in lieu of (f) General election day only, unless otherwise indicated. In Indiana, any partial staffing holiday on which state offices are required to primary and general election days. be open to conduct public business. Optional holidays include (g) Additional holidays: Cesar Chavez Day (March 31), Good Friday, Rosh Hashanah and Alabama—Mardi Gras Day (Baldwin and Mobile counties only)(day Yom Kippur. before Ash Wednesday), Robert E. Lee's Birthday celebrated with Utah—Pioneer Day (July 24). MLK day, Confederate Memorial Day (fourth Monday in April), Vermont—Town Meeting Day (first Tuesday in March), Bennington Jefferson Davis' Birthday (first Monday in June). Battle Day (August 16). Alaska—Seward's Day (last Monday in March), Alaska Day (October 18). Virginia—Lee-Jackson Day (Friday preceding the third Monday Arkansas—Employee is granted one holiday to observe his or her in January). State offices will close at noon on the day before birthday. Thanksgiving. California—César Chávez Day (March 31), one personal holiday Washington—One additional paid holiday per calendar year. (employees become eligible for a personal holiday once they have West Virginia—West Virginia Day (June 20). completed six months of state employment). District of Columbia—Presidential Inauguration Day (January 20) Colorado—State employees may have César Chávez Day (March 31) and District of Columbia Emancipation Day (April 16). off in lieu of any other legal holiday that occurs on a weekday in American Samoa—American Samoa Flag Day (April 17), Manu'a the same fiscal year. Cession Day (July 16). Delaware—Eligible employees are granted two floating holidays per Guam—Guam History & Chamorro Heritage Day (March 6), calendar year, Return Day after 12:00 noon (second day after a Liberation Day (July 21), All Souls' Day (November 2) and Our general election) in Sussex County only. Lady of Camarin Day (December 8). Florida—Full-time employees are entitled to one personal holiday Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands—Commonwealth each year. Personal holidays are credited to eligible employees on Covenant Day (March 25), Citizenship Day (November 4) and July 1, and must be taken by the employee by June 30 of each year. Constitution Day (December 8). Georgia—Formerly known as Confederate Memorial Day, renamed Puerto Rico—Three Kings Day (January 6), Birthday of Eugenio Maria to State Day in 2016 (fourth Monday in April). de Hostos (second Monday in January), Birthday of Luis Muñoz Hawaii—Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (March 26), King Marin (February 18), Emancipation Day (March 22), Birthday of Kamehameha I Day (June 11), Statehood Day (third Friday in Jose de Diego (third Monday in April), Birthday of Don Luis Munoz August). Rivera (third Monday in July), Constitution or Puerto Rico Day
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(July 25), Birthday of Dr. José Celso Barbosa (July 27), Discovery of (r) In Texas, Good Friday is an optional holiday. An employee is Puerto Rico (November 19). entitled to observe optional holidays in lieu of any partial staffing U.S. Virgin Islands—Three Kings Day (January 6), Holy Thursday holiday in which state offices are required to be open to conduct (Thursday before Good Friday), Transfer Day (March 31), Easter public business. Monday (Monday after Easter), Emancipation Day (July 3), Liberty (s) Half day on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve (closes at noon). Day (November 1). (t) Tuesday after first Monday in November of presidential election (h) In Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi, also celebrated as Robert years. E. Lee's Birthday. In Idaho, also celebrated as Idaho Human Rights (u) General Election Day is a state holiday the first Tuesday after the Day. In New Hampshire, also celebrated as Civil Rights Day. first Monday in November in even-numbered years. (i) In Alabama, celebrated as George Washington's and Thomas (v) Also celebrated as Jefferson Davis' Birthday. Jefferson's Birthday. In Arkansas, celebrated as George (w) Employees are allowed up to two hours paid administrative Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day. leave to vote. (j) The state has designated Lincoln's birthday as a floating holiday (x) Three days when Christmas Day falls on Tuesday, Wednesday or in 2019 for state employees in certain bargaining units. Thursday; two days when Christmas Day falls on Friday or Monday. (k) At the discretion of the governor. (y) Celebrated as Native Americans Day. (l) In Georgia, Robert E. Lee's Birthday is observed on the day after (z) First Tuesday in November, even numbered years. Thanksgiving, and Washington's Birthday is observed the day (aa) Observed as American Indian Heritage Day in Maryland and before Christmas. Native American Heritage Day in Washington. (m) In Indiana, Lincoln's Birthday is observed on the day after (bb) Observed as Boxing Day. Thanksgiving, and Washington's Birthday is observed the day (cc) Observed as Family Day. before Christmas. (dd) Most state offices will be closed the day after Thanksgiving. (n) In Kentucky, half day. (ee) At the discretion of the governor. A paid holiday will be granted (o) In New Mexico, President's Day is observed on the day after on the day before Christmas for 2019. Thanksgiving. (ff) Celebrated as Commonwealth Cultural Day. (p) In North Dakota, state offices close at noon on Christmas Eve (gg) Also celebrated as V.I./P.R. Friendship Day. when it falls on Monday through Thursday. (q) In Tennessee, at the governor's discretion Columbus Day may be observed the day after Thanksgiving.
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