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STATE HOLIDAY AMENDMENTS

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2022 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Sandra Hollins

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends the list of legal holidays in the state.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     adds Good Friday as a designated state holiday; and
13          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          None
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     AMENDS:
20          63G-1-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapters 335 and 344
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 63G-1-301 is amended to read:
24          63G-1-301. Legal holidays -- Personal preference day -- Governor authorized to
25     declare additional days.
26          (1) (a) The following-named days are legal holidays in this state:
27          (i) every Sunday, except as provided in Subsection (1)(e);
28          (ii) January 1, called New Year's Day;
29          (iii) the third Monday of January, called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day;
30          (iv) the third Monday of February, called Washington and Lincoln Day;
31          (v) the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, called Good Friday;
32          [(v)] (vi) the last Monday of May, called Memorial Day;
33          [(vi)] (vii) July 4, called Independence Day;
34          [(vii)] (viii) July 24, called Pioneer Day;
35          [(viii)] (ix) the first Monday of September, called Labor Day;
36          [(ix)] (x) the second Monday of October, called Columbus Day;
37          [(x)] (xi) November 11, called Veterans Day;
38          [(xi)] (xii) the fourth Thursday of November, called Thanksgiving Day;
39          [(xii)] (xiii) December 25, called Christmas; and
40          [(xiii)] (xiv) all days which may be set apart by the President of the United States, or
41     the governor of this state by proclamation as days of fast or thanksgiving.
42          (b) If any of the holidays under Subsections (1)(a)(ii) through [(xiii),] (xiv) falls on
43     Sunday, then the following Monday shall be the holiday.
44          (c) If any of the holidays under Subsections (1)(a)(ii) through [(xiii)] (xiv) falls on
45     Saturday, then the preceding Friday shall be the holiday.
46          (d) Each employee may select one additional day, called Personal Preference Day, to
47     be scheduled pursuant to rules adopted by the Division of Human Resource Management.
48          (e) For purposes of Utah Constitution Article VI, Section 16, Subsection (1), regarding
49     the exclusion of state holidays from the 45-day legislative general session, Sunday is not
50     considered a state holiday.
51          (2) (a) Whenever in the governor's opinion extraordinary conditions exist justifying the
52     action, the governor may:
53          (i) declare, by proclamation, legal holidays in addition to those holidays under
54     Subsection (1); and
55          (ii) limit the holidays to certain classes of business and activities to be designated by
56     the governor.
57          (b) A holiday may not extend for a longer period than 60 consecutive days.
58          (c) Any holiday may be renewed for one or more periods not exceeding 30 days each as
59     the governor may consider necessary, and any holiday may, by like proclamation, be terminated
60     before the expiration of the period for which it was declared.