Bill Text: TX SB363 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and Diwali as optional holidays.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Co-author authorized [SB363 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB363-Introduced.html

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88R1232 RDS-D
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 363

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and Diwali
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:
(1) the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Eid
al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, or Good Friday fall; and
(2) one day of the Diwali festival selected by the
state employee observing the optional holiday [falls].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.