Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 351 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Wilcox, Ryan D.

Final action

House/ filed 3/7/2025

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• establishes the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as a legal holiday called Election Day;
• excludes Election Day as a legal holiday that requires a state agency or work-related closure; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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63G-1-301
Election Day Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox
Senate Sponsor: 
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill establishes Election Day as a state holiday.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
establishes the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as a state holiday called 
Election Day; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
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
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
63G-1-301
 is amended to read:
63G-1-301. Legal holidays -- Personal preference day -- Governor authorized to 
declare additional days.
(1)
(a)
The following named days are legal holidays in this state:
(i)
every Sunday, except as provided in Subsection 
(1)(e)
;
(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)
, 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)
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, called Election Day;
(xi)
(xii)
November 11, called Veterans Day;
(xii)
(xiii)
the fourth Thursday of November, called Thanksgiving Day;
(xiii)
(xiv)
December 25, called Christmas; and
(xiv)
(xv)
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)
,
(xv)
 falls on Sunday, then the following Monday shall be 
the holiday.
(c)
If any of the holidays under Subsections 
(1)(a)(ii)
 through 
(v)
 or Subsections 
(1)(a)(vii)
 through 
(xiv)
(xv)
 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)
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)
(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 holiday is on the immediately preceding Monday.
(iii)
If June 19 is on a Saturday or Sunday, the Juneteenth National Freedom Day 
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 holidays in addition to those holidays under 
Subsection 
(1)
; and
(ii)
limit the holidays to certain classes of business and activities to be designated by 
the governor.
(b)
A holiday may not extend for a longer period than 60 consecutive days.
(c)
Any holiday may be renewed for one or more periods not exceeding 30 days each as 
the governor may consider necessary, and any holiday may, by like proclamation, be 
terminated before the expiration of the period for which it was declared.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
.
1-28-25 2:28 PM