2022

State Observed Holidays

Legal holidays by authority of Act 304 of 2001 and

Amended by Act 561 of 2017

Saturday, January 1………………….…….………………………………………..........New Year’s Day

                                                                    (Observed on Friday December 31, 2021)

Monday, January 17………………………………………………………. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday                                       

Monday, February 21………………………………………..... George Washington’s Birthday and

                                                                                             Daisy Gatson Bates Day

Monday, May 30…………………………………………………………………………….……Memorial Day

Monday, July 4…….……………………………………………………………………. Independence Day

Monday, September 5……………………………………………………………………………. Labor Day

Friday, November 11...………….…………………………………………………………… Veterans Day

Thursday, November 24…………………….…………………………………………. Thanksgiving Day

Friday, November 25…………………………………………………………………. Thanksgiving Break

Saturday, December 24………….……………………….………………………………… Christmas Eve

          (Observed on Friday, December 23)                                                      

Sunday, December 25…………………………….………………………………………… Christmas Day

                                                          (Observed on Monday, December 26)

If a holiday falls on a Sunday, it is observed on the following Monday.  If a holiday falls on Saturday, it is observed on the prior Friday. 

AR Statute 1-5-101.