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Senate approves bill creating 'state holy days' category and personal preference leave
Summary
First substitute Senate Bill 259, creating a new statutory category called "state holy days" and allowing state employees a personal preference day tied to those observances, passed the Utah Senate on a roll call vote of 24-0 with five absent.
First substitute Senate Bill 259, creating a new statutory category called "state holy days" and allowing state employees a personal preference day tied to those observances, passed the Utah Senate on a roll call vote of 24-0 with five absent.
Sponsor Senator Thomas Stratton presented the bill as an acknowledgment of religious observances held by members of the state and described three primary effects: creation of a third category (distinct from legal holidays and commemorative days) called state holy days, allowing employees to use a personal preference day for one of those observances, and designating Easter Sunday as a state holy day while…
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