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Utah Senate designates Diwali as state commemorative day, bill passes unanimously
Summary
Senate Bill 46, sponsored by Sen. Fillmore, designates Diwali as a state commemorative day, recognizes the growing Hindu community in Utah and was approved 27–0 with two senators absent after community guests and presenters addressed the chamber.
Senator Derek Fillmore presented Senate Bill 46 to the Utah Senate, asking lawmakers to recognize Diwali — the festival of lights celebrated by Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities — as a state commemorative day.
Fillmore told the chamber the observance "falls, like, in the October, the November on our calendar" and that designating the day would "show how much we value this community's addition to Utah's growing tapestry of…
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