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House introduces bill to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farm Workers Day
Summary
The chief clerk read House bill 13 39, sponsored by Representatives Duran and Garcia and Senator Danielson, proposing to change the voluntary March 31 holiday from Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day; the bill was referred to the committee on state, civic, military, and veterans affairs.
The chief clerk read a bill that would rename the voluntary legal holiday observed on March 31 from Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day.
The bill, identified in the reading as "House bill 13 39" and introduced on behalf of Representatives Duran and Garcia and Senator Danielson, was read aloud by the chief clerk. "House bill 13 39 by representatives Duran and Garcia, also senator Danielson, concerning a change in the name of the voluntary legal holiday observed on March 31 from Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day," the chief clerk said during the introduction.
The presiding lawmaker announced that the bill "will be assigned to the committee on state, civic, military, and veterans affairs" for consideration. The session record contains no further debate, amendment, or vote on the measure during this sitting.
A separate procedural motion to adjourn was made later in the session, and the House adjourned until Monday, March 23 at 10:00 a.m. The bill's next step is committee referral; no committee hearing date was announced in the transcript.
What happened next: House bill 13 39 was referred to the committee on state, civic, military, and veterans affairs; the House adjourned without further floor action on the bill.
