<P> The bill also established the Martin Luther King Jr . Federal Holiday Commission to oversee observance of the holiday, and Coretta Scott King, King's wife, was made a member of this commission for life by President George H.W. Bush in May 1989 . </P> <P> Although the federal holiday honoring King was signed into law in 1983 and took effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the holiday at the state level until 1991, when the New Hampshire legislature created "Civil Rights Day" and abolished "Fast Day". In 2000, Utah became the last state to have a holiday named after King when "Human Rights Day" was officially changed to "Martin Luther King Jr . Day ." </P> <P> In 1986, Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, a Democrat, created a paid state MLK holiday in Arizona by executive order just before he left office, but in 1987, his Republican successor Evan Mecham, citing an attorney general's opinion that Babbitt's order was illegal, reversed Babbitt's decision days after taking office . Later that year, Mecham proclaimed the third Sunday in January to be "Martin Luther King Jr. / Civil Rights Day" in Arizona, albeit as an unpaid holiday . In 1990, Arizona voters were given the opportunity to vote on giving state employees a paid MLK holiday . That same year, the National Football League threatened to move Super Bowl XXVII, which was planned for Arizona in 1993, if the MLK holiday was voted down . In the November election, the voters were offered two King Day options: Proposition 301, which replaced Columbus Day on the list of paid state holidays, and Proposition 302, which merged Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays into one paid holiday to make room for MLK Day . Both measures failed to pass, with only 49% of voters approving Prop 302, the more popular of the two options; although some who voted "no" on 302 voted "yes" on Prop 301 . Consequently, the state lost the chance to host Super Bowl XXVII, which was subsequently held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California . In a 1992 referendum, the voters, this time given only one option for a paid King Day, approved state - level recognition of the holiday . </P> <P> On May 2, 2000, South Carolina governor Jim Hodges signed a bill to make King's birthday an official state holiday . South Carolina was the last state to recognize the day as a paid holiday for all state employees . Prior to this, employees could choose between celebrating Martin Luther King Jr . Day or one of three Confederate holidays . </P>

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