HB 22 Alabama House · 2025 Regular Session

State holidays; to add Juneteenth as a state holiday.

HB 22 would add Juneteenth (June 19) as an official state holiday in Alabama, aligning state observance with its existing status as a federal holiday. This change would require all state offices to close on June 19 each year, consistent with how other state holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans' Day are observed. The bill also makes minor technical updates to Alabama’s code language to remove redundant phrasing and modernize formatting. It directly affects state employees and public institutions, which would close on this date, while leaving existing holiday rules unchanged. The bill is pending committee review and would take effect October 1, 2025.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jul 8, 2024 Last action Feb 4, 2025
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Government)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Juandalynn Givan
Juandalynn Givan
DDemocratic
AL
60