Bill Text: TX SB862 | 2025-2026 | 89th 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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Filed [SB862 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB862-Introduced.html

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89R2127 RDS-F
By: Johnson S.B. No. 862

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 the days on which
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, the third day
of Diwali, or Good Friday falls.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.