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Committee reports Emancipation Day bill after mixed debate over holiday costs
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The State Government Committee voted to report House Bill 468, the Emancipation Day Act, which would designate the first Monday in February as Emancipation Day in Pennsylvania.
The State Government Committee voted to report House Bill 468, the Emancipation Day Act, which would designate the first Monday in February of each year as Emancipation Day in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Representative Raab, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee he “urge[d] an affirmative vote on this bill to establish Emancipation Day as an official state holiday in Pennsylvania,” saying the measure “commemorates our legislature's ratification of the thirteenth amendment on 02/03/1865” and would create…
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