2025 bills / S.B. 259
S.B. 259 State Holy Days (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill names certain religious days and periods as state holy days, but says these are not legal holidays unless the law says otherwise. It makes Easter Sunday a legal holiday, not recognized on the Friday before or Monday after, and lets state employees use a personal preference day for a state holy day or any purpose.
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Official description
- designates certain days and time periods of special religious significance as state holy days
- provides that a state holy day is not a legal holiday, unless expressly provided otherwise
- designates Easter Sunday as a legal holiday, but one that is not recognized on the preceding Friday or the following Monday
- provides that a state employee may use the state employee's personal preference day to recognize a state holy day or for any other purpose
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Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · 2/25/2025 8:55 AMWho voted how
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/25/2025 2:35 PMWho voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/26/2025 10:51 AM
- 7 yes, 1 no, 2 absentHouse Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · 3/4/2025 3:19 PMWho voted how
- 67 yes, 6 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · 3/7/2025 11:56 AM