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  89R944 CMO-D     By: Cain H.B. No. 911       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the designation of Celebration of Life Day as a state   holiday.          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 (7) [ (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";                (3)  the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";                (4)  the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in Texas,"   in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;                 (5)  the 24th day of June, "Celebration of Life Day";                 (6)  [ (5) ]  the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines   Johnson Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines   Johnson;                 (7)  [ (6) ]  the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;                 (8)  [ (7) ]  the 24th day of December; and                 (9)  [ (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 (7) [ (6) ].          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.