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  89R8201 GP-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2238       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 Freedom Day"   [ 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 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.