Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days

V.S.A. tit. 1, ch. 7

in effect

1 V.S.A. § 371 Legal holidays

371. Legal holidays (a) The following shall be legal holidays: (1) New Year’s Day, January 1; (2) Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, the third Monday in January; (3) Presidents’ Day, the third Monday in February; (4) Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March; (5) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; (6) Juneteenth, June 19; (7) Independence Day, July 4; (8) Bennington Battle Day, August 16; (9) Labor Day, the first Monday in September; (10) Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the second Monday in October; (11) Veterans’ Day, November 11; (12) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; (13) Christmas Day, December 25. (b) All State departments, agencies, and offices shall observe any legal holiday that falls on a Saturday on the preceding Friday and any legal holiday that falls on a Sunday on the following Monday; however, all other conditions of employment related to legal holidays, including decisions such as the closing or opening of State offices and compensation for work performed on such a day, shall be proper matters for collective bargaining pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 904. (c) The provisions of this section shall not affect any collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective date hereof. Amended 1969, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. date, see note set out below; 1973, No. 71, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; 1973, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; eff. March 11, 1974; 1975, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 6, 1976; 1985, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 83 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2017, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2019, No. 18, § 2; 2023, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 30, 2024.

1 V.S.A. § 372 Arbor Day

372. Arbor Day The first Friday in the month of May of each year is hereby designated as “Arbor Day.”

1 V.S.A. § 373 American History Month

373. American History Month That February of each year is hereby designated as American History Month, and the Governor of the State of Vermont is requested and authorized to issue annually a proclamation inviting the people of the State of Vermont to observe such month in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 1961, No. R-28, app. Feb. 23, 1961.

1 V.S.A. § 374 POW-MIA Recognition Day

374. POW-MIA Recognition Day The third Friday in the month of September is designated as “POW-MIA Recognition Day.” Added 1997, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Sept. 18, 1998.

1 V.S.A. § 376 Health Care Career Awareness Month

376. Health Care Career Awareness Month October of each year is designated as Health Care Career Awareness Month. Added 2009, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 31a.

1 V.S.A. § 377 Green Up Day; River Cleanup Month

377. Green Up Day; River Cleanup Month (a) The first Saturday in the month of May is designated as Green Up Day. (b) September of each year is designated as River Cleanup Month. Added 2013, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2019, No. 50, § 3.

1 V.S.A. § 378 Vermont Month of the Veteran

378. Vermont Month of the Veteran November of each year is designated as the Vermont Month of the Veteran. Added 2025, No. 5, § 2, eff. July 1, 2025.

1 V.S.A. § 379 Vermont Libraries Day

379. Vermont Libraries Day The third Monday in the month of October is designated as “Vermont Libraries Day.” Added 2025, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2026.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/01/007Fetched: 10/21/2026