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

Texas Senate Bill 363

Introduced

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

	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.