Bill Text: TX HB1882 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1882

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain religious holy days as optional holidays.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Reported favorably as substituted [HB1882 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1882-Introduced.html



	By: Bhojani	H.B. No. 1882



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the designation of certain religious holy days as
	optional holidays.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 662.003(c), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(c) An "optional holiday" includes only the days on which
	Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, All Saints Day, Diwali, Eid al-Adha, Eid
	al-Fitr, Passover, Vaisakhi, Vesak, or Good Friday falls.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.