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AlabamaHB1652025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

State holidays; Juneteenth added as state holiday

Sponsored By: Rick Rehm (Republican)

Enacted

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4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.

Local offices can open Veterans Day

Beginning June 1, 2025, Alabama removes the Veterans Day closure requirement for county and city offices and banks. They may open on November 11, but the law does not require them to open. Public K–12 schools still must close. State offices remain covered by the general state-holiday closure rule and its exceptions.

Juneteenth joins Alabama’s state holiday calendar

Beginning June 1, 2025, Alabama recognizes Juneteenth on June 19 as a state holiday. State offices close on state holidays, including Mardi Gras in Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Sunday holidays move to Monday; Saturday holidays move to Friday. Offices may stay open with 60 days’ written notice to the State Personnel Board or for emergencies. The board may give blanket approval for essential services to open regularly. Employees working holidays must receive paid compensation or time off. Time off should be scheduled within that quarter, but may carry forward for up to one year. Failure to schedule it requires written justification; unused days must be paid at no less than the employee’s usual rate. The January holiday is listed as Robert E. Lee’s birthday alone, on the third Monday, rather than also honoring Martin Luther King Jr. The February holiday remains on the third Monday but no longer names George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. December 1 is Rosa L. Parks Day, which citizens are encouraged to observe; counties and cities may also observe it.

Public schools close on Memorial Day

Beginning June 1, 2025, Alabama’s public schools and colleges must close on Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. This includes public K–12 schools and public two-year and four-year colleges. The rule creates a shared holiday break but makes school and college services unavailable that day.

State banks gain holiday closing options

Beginning June 1, 2025, Alabama’s bank superintendent may authorize state banks to close on state or federal holidays. At least two State Banking Board members must agree. The superintendent may also allow closures for special events the governor declares state holidays; authorized closures are optional. When a holiday falls on Friday, the next Saturday may also count as a holiday. Banks may close at noon on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when those dates are business days.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rick Rehm

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • David Faulkner

    Republican • House

  • Jerry Starnes

    Republican • House

  • Kerry (Bubba) Underwood

    Republican • House

  • Mack Butler

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 388 • No: 17

Senate vote • 5/7/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1011

Yes: 13 • No: 5

House vote • 4/17/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 897

Yes: 85 • No: 4 • Other: 10

House vote • 4/17/2025

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 896

Yes: 90 • No: 1 • Other: 9

House vote • 4/17/2025

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 895

Yes: 83 • No: 3 • Other: 10

House vote • 4/17/2025

Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 898

Yes: 26 • No: 1

House vote • 4/17/2025

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 91 • No: 3 • Other: 6

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    5/12/2025House

  2. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1011

    5/7/2025Senate

  3. Ready to Enroll

    5/7/2025House

  4. Enrolled

    5/7/2025House

  5. Signature Requested

    5/7/2025Senate

  6. Delivered to Governor

    5/7/2025House

  7. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    4/29/2025Senate

  8. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    4/29/2025Senate

  9. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government

    4/22/2025Senate

  10. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    4/22/2025Senate

  11. Third Reading in House of Origin

    4/17/2025House

  12. State Government Engrossed Substitute Offered

    4/17/2025House

  13. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 895

    4/17/2025House

  14. Hall 1st Amendment Offered

    4/17/2025House

  15. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 896

    4/17/2025House

  16. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 897

    4/17/2025House

  17. Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 898

    4/17/2025House

  18. Engrossed

    4/17/2025House

  19. State Government 1st Amendment

    3/19/2025House

  20. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    3/19/2025House

  21. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    3/19/2025House

  22. Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin

    2/25/2025House

  23. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    2/20/2025House

  24. State Government 1st Amendment

    2/19/2025House

  25. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    2/19/2025House

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