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decoding="async" class="article__image-content" height="600" width="300"/></picture><figcaption class="article__image-caption"><p class="article__mm-image-caption-text">Volunteers finish painting the Black Lives Matter mural around Court Square Fountain in downtown Montgomery, Ala., as a Juneteenth Art on the Square project on Friday June 19, 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed. 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Rick Rehm, R-Abbeville.</p><div id="inarticle-2"></div><div class="excoVideoPlayer article__paragraph"><div id="649e4aaf-616d-49eb-b16e-44ce0a01e1c7" data-exs-config=""></div></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="EG4BQVPVNBBUVN2P6ZVDHYQEFA">Juneteenth, or June 19, commemorates the day upon which Black slaves learned of their emancipation in 1865. </p><div id="inarticle-3"></div><section class="Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_wrapper__69Ed7 Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_al__jY2oy"><header class="Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_header__4QIPa"><h2>More coverage of the Alabama Legislature</h2></header><ul data-testid="list" class="Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_list__qpkJG"><li><a href="https://www.al.com/politics/2025/02/medicaid-could-sue-parents-for-not-enrolling-kids-in-employer-health-insurance-under-alabama-bill.html">Medicaid could sue parents for not enrolling kids in employer health insurance under Alabama bill</a></li><li><a href="https://www.al.com/news/2025/02/bill-would-require-alabamas-medicaid-to-cover-postpartum-depression-screenings.html">Bill would require Alabama’s Medicaid to cover postpartum depression screenings </a></li><li><a href="https://www.al.com/politics/2025/02/alabama-bill-to-prevent-firearm-suicides-moves-closer-to-becoming-law.html">Alabama bill to prevent firearm suicides moves closer to becoming law</a></li><li><a href="https://www.al.com/politics/2025/02/alabama-senate-approves-presumptive-medicaid-bill-for-pregnant-mothers-until-2028.html">Alabama Senate approves presumptive Medicaid bill for pregnant mothers until 2028</a></li><li><a href="https://www.al.com/politics/2025/02/alabama-schools-must-broadcast-national-anthem-weekly-or-lose-funding-under-proposed-amendment.html">Alabama schools must broadcast national anthem weekly or lose funding under proposed amendment</a></li></ul></section><div id="fusion-static-enter:GY7KT54GOBB6FKEL6ZLRYOE6SA" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="GY7KT54GOBB6FKEL6ZLRYOE6SA"></div><div class="rawhtml"><adi-stories-by-section-tag adiWidgetId="widgie-b4a6c9b5-d4ff-4208-b81e-46b585fe446e"></adi-stories-by-section-tag></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:GY7KT54GOBB6FKEL6ZLRYOE6SA" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="GY7KT54GOBB6FKEL6ZLRYOE6SA"></div><div id="inarticle-4"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="AUYTEG4POZGXTAHBBT457Z6JCE">Former President Joe Biden signed a bill in 2021 recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.</p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-5"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="4ATDLYA37JCDRCDCAMOTUSEZYU">Rep. Rick Rehm, R-Dothan, said he thought the legislation was overdue to become law since Gov. Kay Ivey has recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday since 2021.</p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-6"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="3FQRDVR24FCLFB7L4OEMMQZRXY">“In my district, the city of Dothan celebrates it as a holiday, the county celebrates it as a holiday, it’s a federal holiday and the governor has declared it the last four years in a row,” Rehm said. </p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-7"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="GL7TMLXWIZE4NIO62ETHI77O2Q">“We’re already paying for the holiday and I just feel that the governor shouldn’t have to do our job for us. I think we should make it a state holiday.” </p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-8" class="middleParagraph"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="C5UOMM2EH5AG5OFCMNRD4YQSVU">Rehm’s bill passed on a substitute that made Juneteenth and Jefferson Davis Day both state holidays. </p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-9"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="NJSYHQDVN5GEBIM44FCUXIQPPM">Therefore both days will be observed with the closing of state offices. </p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-10"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="MFVCC4Q3SBGOJMKNFHJGRRBTHI">Jefferson Davis Day is observed on the first Monday of June and Juneteenth would be recognized on June 19.</p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-11"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="U6CVYBWGEJC23JG3L6NHJTHCBE">Under the initial version of Rehm’s bill gave state employees would have to choose between Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis Day to observe as a state holiday. </p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-12"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="QTWYWOHIFRBOTFV5SLNR7OVYSA">Jefferson Davis was the former president of the Confederate States which fought to preserve slavery during the Civil War.</p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-13"></div><div></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="UHL7OMKI2BEQZNG6LMW3JWFVTI"><a href="https://www.al.com/news/2025/02/alabama-lawmakers-push-to-make-juneteenth-a-permanent-state-holiday-amidst-trump-dei-changes.html?outputType=amp" target="_blank" rel="" title="https://www.al.com/news/2025/02/alabama-lawmakers-push-to-make-juneteenth-a-permanent-state-holiday-amidst-trump-dei-changes.html?outputType=amp">Democratic lawmakers have attempted to pass similar bills in the legislature </a>concerning Juneteenths status as a state holiday. However, those attempts all failed in the Republican-controlled legislature.</p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-14"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="LV2YKEW5QVF3VPNIPB5NRS2J5Y">Rep. 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