87R138 AAF-D By: Fierro H.B. No. 371 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the designation of the day after the Super Bowl 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 (6), Government Code, and Section 662.003(b)(9), 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 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; and (9) the day after the Super Bowl. 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 (6) and Section 662.003(b)(9). SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.