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Donald J. Trump Day could become newest Oklahoma state holiday • Daily Montanan [1]
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Date: 2025-02
OKLAHOMA CITY – Nov. 5 would be President Donald J. Trump Day in Oklahoma under a measure that passed a Senate panel on Wednesday.
Senate Bill 1105 would add the holiday to a long list, which already includes Jefferson Day on April 13 and Will Rogers Day on Nov. 4.
Sen. Dana Prieto, R-Tulsa, said his measure would not require employers to provide time off.
“There are a lot of days we don’t get off for,” he said. “Many holidays are just excuses for stores to be able to have a sale. Nobody is going to be taking off for this.”
Prieto said he selected Nov. 5 because it was the day voters elected Trump to a second term.
The measure passed the Senate Retirement and Government Resources Committee by a vote of 6-2 and heads to the Senate floor.
In 2021, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill naming 20 miles of remote highway along U.S. 287 between Boise City and the Oklahoma-Texas border as the President Donald J. Trump Highway.
This story was originally produced by the Oklahoma Voice which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network, including the Daily Montanan, supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.
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