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  89R2129 JDK-D     By: Johnson S.B. No. 1297       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the creation and elimination of certain state holidays.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  A state holiday includes only the following days:                (1)  [ the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes   Day," in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other   Confederate heroes;                [ (2) ]  the second day of March, "Texas Independence   Day";                 (2)  [ (3) ]  the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";                 (3)  [ (4) ]  the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in   Texas," in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;                 (4)     the 28th day of June, "Celebration of Suffrage   Day," in honor of the centuries-long struggle to bring the right of   suffrage to all Americans;                (5)  the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines Johnson   Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson;                (6)  the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;                (7)  the 24th day of December; and                (8)  the 26th day of December.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.