Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Government Administration and Elections Committee on January 21, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 5557
AN ACT DESIGNATING A CERTAIN DAY OF EACH YEAR FOR CELEBRATION OF DIWALI, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To designate the fifteenth day of the month of Kartik in the Hindu lunar calendar of each year as Diwali.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Emmanuel Sanchez, Kadeem Roberts, Corey P. Paris, Hilda E. Santiago, Savet Constantine, Jonathan Jacobson, Kate Farrar, Gary A. Turco Jr.
Chief co-sponsors
35 co-sponsors
William Heffernan, Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Nicholas Menapace, David Rutigliano, Kerry S. Wood, Jennifer Leeper, Patrick Biggins, Amy Morrin Bello, Patricia A. Dillon, Joseph P. Gresko, Tom Delnicki, Mike Demicco, Sarah Keitt, Kaitlyn Shake, Kai J. Belton, Anthony L. Nolan, Anne M. Hughes, Cara Christine Pavalock-D'Amato, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Robin E. Comey, Dominique Johnson, Jillian Gilchrest, Tracy Marra, Lucy Dathan, Jaime S. Foster, Aimee Berger-Girvalo, Jane M. Garibay, Travis Simms, Frank Smith, Jill Barry, Hector Arzeno, James Sanchez, Tammy R. Exum, Eilish Collins Main, Tina Courpas
In the Senate
Sponsor
11 co-sponsors
Derek Slap, Julie Kushner, Matthew L. Lesser, Ceci Maher, Christine Cohen, Paul Honig, MD Rahman, Saud Anwar, Rob Sampson, Martin M. Looney, Paul Cicarella
Its course
January 21 to January 21, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Jan 21 · stopped0 days
Government Administration and Elections CommitteeJan 21 to Jan 21 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 21
- Jan 21Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 21REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses