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  89R6097 GP-F     By: Cook S.B. No. 2724       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to abolishing Confederate Heroes Day.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1.006(f)(2), Election Code, is amended   to read as follows:                (2)  "State holiday" means a state holiday under   Sections 662.003(b)(1) through (5) [ (6) ], Government Code.          SECTION 2.  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)  [ (5) ]  the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines   Johnson Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines   Johnson;                 (5)  [ (6) ]  the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;                 (6)  [ (7) ]  the 24th day of December; and                 (7)  [ (8) ]  the 26th day of December.          SECTION 3.  Section 662.021, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 662.021.  DATES OF HOLIDAYS. A legal holiday includes   only the following days:                (1)  a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and                (2)  a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1)   through (5) [ (6) ].          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.