SF 4227
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/10/2026 09:26 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to state government; making the fishing opener a state holiday; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 645.44, subdivision 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 645.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Holiday.
(a) "Holiday" includes New Year's Day, January 1; Martin Luther
King's Birthday, the third Monday in January; Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday, the
third Monday in February; new text begin the state fishing opener under section 97C.395, subdivision 1,
paragraph (a), clause (1); new text end Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; Juneteenth, June 19;
Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first Monday in September; Indigenous Peoples
Day, the second Monday in October; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, the
fourth Thursday in November; and Christmas Day, December 25; provided, when New
Year's Day, January 1; or Juneteenth, June 19; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans
Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Sunday, the following day
shall be a holiday and, provided, when New Year's Day, January 1; or Juneteenth, June 19;
or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December
25; falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall be a holiday. No public business shall be
transacted on any holiday, except in cases of necessity and except in cases of public business
transacted by the legislature, nor shall any civil process be served thereon. However, for
the executive branch of the state of Minnesota, "holiday" also includes the Friday after
Thanksgiving but does not include Indigenous Peoples Day. Other branches of state
government and political subdivisions shall have the option of determining whether
Indigenous Peoples Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving shall be holidays. Where it is
determined that Indigenous Peoples Day or the Friday after Thanksgiving is not a holiday,
public business may be conducted thereon.
(b) Any agreement between a public employer and an employee organization citing
Veterans Day as the fourth Monday in October shall be amended to cite Veterans Day as
November 11.
(c) Any agreement between a public employer and an employee organization citing
"Christopher Columbus Day" or "Columbus Day" shall be amended to cite "Indigenous
Peoples Day."