Title: Juneteenth Day

Summary: Designates Juneteenth Day as paid holiday for employees of all branches & agencies of state government; designates Juneteenth Day as legal holiday.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which afforded free status under federal law to the millions of enslaved African Americans who resided in states that had seceded from the Union, including Florida, and WHEREAS, despite the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, it was not fully enforced in certain regions of the United States for more than years afterwards, and WHEREAS, on or about June 19, 1865, federal authorities arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and further inform slaves that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free, an d WHEREAS, thereafter, former slaves and their descendants continued to commemorate each June to celebrate freedom and the emancipation of all slaves in the United States, and WHEREAS, emancipation in Florida was proclaimed in Tallahassee on May 20, 865, and for this reason Floridians traditionally celebrate Emancipation Day on May of each year, and WHEREAS, in 1991, the Florida Legislature officially designated June of each year as "Juneteenth Day" to commemorate the freeing of slaves but did not designate the day as an official legal holiday, and WHEREAS, on June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed legislation officially making Juneteenth Day a federal holiday, and WHEREAS, this act designates Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday in this state and as a paid holiday for employees of all branches and agencies of state government to further commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery and to recognize the significant contributions of African Americans to this state and our nation, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 110.117, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: HB 2022 110.117 Paid holidays.-(1) The following holidays shall be paid holidays observed by all state branches and agencies: (a) New Year's Day. (b) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., third Monday in January. (c) Memorial Day. (d) Juneteenth Day, June 19. (e) Independence Day. (f)(e) Labor Day. (g)(f) Veterans' Day, November 11. (h)(g) Thanksgiving Day. (i)(h) Friday after Thanksgiving. (j)(i) Christmas Day. (j) If any of these holidays falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday. If any of these holidays falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday. Section 2. Paragraphs (n) through (u) of subsection (1) of section 683.01, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as paragraphs (o) through (v), respectively, and a new paragraph (n) is added to that subsection, to read: 683.01 Legal holidays.-(1) The legal holidays, which are also public holidays, HB 2022 are the following: (n) Juneteenth Day, June 19. Section 3. Section 683.21, Florida Statutes, is repealed. Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 627.062, Fl orida Statutes, is amended to read: 627.062 Rate standards.-(2) As to all such classes of insurance: (a) Insurers or rating organizations shall establish and use rates, rating schedules, or rating manuals that allow the insurer a reasonable rate of return on the classes of insurance written in this state. A copy of rates, rating schedules, rating manuals, premium credits or discount schedules, and surcharge schedules, and changes thereto, must be filed with the office under one of the following proce dures: 1. If the filing is made at least days before the proposed effective date and is not implemented during the office's review of the filing and any proceeding and judicial review, such filing is considered a "file and use" filing. In such case, the office shall finalize its review by issuance of a notice of intent to approve or a notice of intent to disapprove within days after receipt of the filing. If the-day period ends on a weekend or a holiday under s. 110.117(1) s. 110.117(1)(a)-(i), it must be extended until the conclusion of the next business day. The notice of intent to approve and the notice of intent to disapprove constitute agency action for HB 2022 purposes of the Administrative Procedure Act. Requests for supporting information, request sfor mathematical or mechanical corrections, or notification to the insurer by the office of its preliminary findings does not toll the-day period during any such proceedings and subsequent judicial review. The rate shall be deemed approved if the offi ce does not issue a notice of intent to approve or a notice of intent to disapprove within 107 days after receipt of the filing. 2. If the filing is not made in accordance with subparagraph 1., such filing must be made as soon as practicable, but within 0 days after the effective date, and is considered a "use and file" filing. An insurer making a "use and file" filing is potentially subject to an order by the office to return to policyholders those portions of rates found to be excessive, as provided in paragraph (h). 3. For all property insurance filings made or submitted after January 25, 2007, but before May 1, 2012, an insurer seeking a rate that is greater than the rate most recently approved by the office shall make a "file and use" filing. For purposes of this subparagraph, motor vehicle collision and comprehensive coverages are not considered property coverages. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to workers' compensation, employer's liability insurance, and motor vehicle insurance. HB 2022 Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 627.0651, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 627.0651 Making and use of rates for motor vehicle insurance.-(1) Insurers shall establish and use rates, rating schedules, or rating manuals to a llow the insurer a reasonable rate of return on motor vehicle insurance written in this state. A copy of rates, rating schedules, and rating manuals, and changes therein, shall be filed with the office under one of the following procedures: (a) If the fi ling is made at least days before the proposed effective date and the filing is not implemented during the office's review of the filing and any proceeding and judicial review, such filing shall be considered a "file and use" filing. In such case, the office shall initiate proceedings to disapprove the rate and so notify the insurer or shall finalize its review within days after receipt of the filing. If the-day period ends on a weekend or a holiday under s. 110.117(1) s. 110.117(1)(a)-(i), it must be extended until the conclusion of the next business day. Notification to the insurer by the office of its preliminary findings shall toll the-day period during any such proceedings and subsequent judicial review. The rate shall be deemed approved if the office does not issue notice to the insurer of its preliminary findings within days after the filing. HB 2022 Section 6. Subsection (2) of section 627.410, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 627.410 Filing, approval of forms.-(2) Every such fili ng must be made at least days in advance of any such use or delivery. At the expiration of the 155 days, the form filed will be deemed approved unless prior thereto it has been affirmatively approved or disapproved by order of the office. The approval of such form by the office constitutes a waiver of any unexpired portion of such waiting period. The office may extend the period within which it may affirmatively approve or disapprove such form by up to days by giving notice of such extension before exp iration of the initial-day period. If the initial-day period or the-day extension period ends on a weekend or a holiday under s. 110.117(1) s. 110.117(1)(a)-(i), the review period must be extended until the conclusion of the next business day. At the expiration of such extended period, and in the absence of prior affirmative approval or disapproval, such form shall be deemed approved. Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.