Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 135 Second Substitute (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Thurston, N.  (Thurston’s own bill)

Final action

House/ filed 3/3/2023

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• modifies state holidays and leave days;
• requires the Division of Human Resource Management to establish rules governing paid time off and associated compensation for state employees required to work on legal holidays;
• requires the governor to determine which state offices and services will be closed and unavailable to the public on legal state holidays; and
• requires the governor to provide methods for the public to access state services on a legal state holiday, where practicable.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

STATE HOLIDAY AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Norman K Thurston
Senate Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies provisions related to legal state holidays.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ modifies state holidays and leave days;
▸ requires the Division of Human Resource Management to establish rules governing
paid time off and associated compensation for state employees required to work on
legal holidays;
▸ requires the governor to determine which state offices and services will be closed
and unavailable to the public on legal state holidays; and
▸ requires the governor to provide methods for the public to access state services on a
legal state holiday, where practicable.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63G-1-301
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 331
ENACTS:
63A-17-513
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
REPEALS:
63A-17-101
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 344
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63A-17-513
 is enacted to read:
 63A-17-513.
 Personal holiday.
On or before January 1, 2026, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
Administrative Rulemaking Act, the division shall make rules establishing policies and
procedures to allow each employee to substitute the Columbus Day paid holiday with another
day of the employee's choosing, called a personal holiday.
Section 2. Section 
63G-1-301
 is amended to read:
63G-1-301.
Legal state holidays -- Governor authorized to declare additional
days.
(1) (a) The following named days are legal 
state
 holidays [
in this state
]:
(i) every Sunday, except as provided in Subsection [
(1)(e)
] 
(1)(d)
;
(ii) January 1, called New Year's Day;
(iii) the third Monday of January, called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day;
(iv) the third Monday of February, called Washington and Lincoln Day;
(v) the last Monday of May, called Memorial Day;
(vi) on the day described in Subsection [
(1)(f)
] 
(1)(e)
, Juneteenth National Freedom
Day;
(vii) July 4, called Independence Day;
(viii) July 24, called Pioneer Day;
(ix) the first Monday of September, called Labor Day;
(x) the second Monday of October, called Columbus Day;
(xi) November 11, called Veterans Day;
(xii) the fourth Thursday of November, called Thanksgiving Day;
(xiii) December 25, called Christmas; and
(xiv) all days which may be set apart by the President of the United States, or the
governor of this state by proclamation as days of fast or thanksgiving.
(b) [
If any of the holidays under Subsections (1)(a)(ii) through (v) or Subsections
(1)(a)(vii) through (xiv),
] 
Except for Juneteenth National Freedom Day, if a holiday described
in Subsections (1)(a)(ii) through (xiv)
 falls on Sunday, then the following Monday shall be the
state
 holiday.
(c) [
If any of the holidays under Subsections (1)(a)(ii) through (v) or Subsections
(1)(a)(vii) through (xiv)
] 
Except for Juneteenth National Freedom Day, if a holiday described
in Subsections (1)(a)(ii) through (xiv)
 falls on Saturday, then the preceding Friday shall be the
holiday.
[
(d) Each employee may select one additional day, called Personal Preference Day, to
be scheduled pursuant to rules adopted by the Division of Human Resource Management.
]
[
(e)
] 
(d)
 For purposes of Utah Constitution Article VI, Section 16, Subsection (1),
regarding the exclusion of state holidays from the 45-day legislative general session, Sunday is
not considered a state holiday.
[
(f)
] 
(e)
 (i) The Juneteenth National Freedom Day holiday is on June 19, if that day is
on a Monday.
(ii) If June 19 is on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, the Juneteenth
National Freedom Day 
state
 holiday is on the immediately preceding Monday.
(iii) If June 19 is on a Saturday or Sunday, the Juneteenth National Freedom Day 
state
holiday is on the immediately following Monday.
(2) (a) Whenever in the governor's opinion extraordinary conditions exist justifying the
action, the governor may:
(i) declare, by proclamation, [
legal
] 
state
 holidays in addition to those 
state
 holidays
under Subsection (1); and
(ii) limit the 
state
 holidays to certain classes of business and activities to be designated
by the governor.
(b) A 
state
 holiday may not extend for a longer period than 60 consecutive days.
(c) [
Any
] 
A state
 holiday may be renewed for one or more periods not exceeding 30
days each as the governor may consider necessary, and [
any
] 
a state
 holiday may, by like
proclamation, be terminated before the expiration of the period for which [
it
] 
the state holiday
was declared.
(3) For each state holiday:
(a) the governor shall determine which executive branch offices or services shall be
closed to the public;
(b) the governor shall provide opportunities for the public to access executive branch
services on the state holiday, where practicable; and
(c) the Division of Human Resource Management shall, in accordance with Title 63G,
Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules governing paid time off for the
state holiday and associated compensation for executive branch employees that are required to
work on the state holiday.
Section 3. 
Repealer.
This bill repeals:
Section 
63A-17-101
,
Title.