# Utah S.B. 259: State Holy Days Utah S.B. 259, State Holy Days, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Keven J. Stratton (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-25 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB259-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 259 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: State Holy Days - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-11 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), State Symbols and Designations - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (126 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Utah state workers gain personal-day flexibility: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah state employees can use their one existing personal preference day for a state holy day. They can also choose another day they want to recognize. Scheduling must follow Division of Human Resource Management rules. The law does not add another day off. - Utah makes Easter a legal holiday: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah recognizes Easter Sunday as a legal holiday. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael J. Petersen (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 67 | 6 | | | 2025-03-04 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 7 | 1 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 23 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 24 | 0 | | ## Actions (35) - 2025-03-25: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-03-04: House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules (House) - 2025-03-04: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-03-04: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Bill Substituted by Sponsor in Senate Rules Comm - 2025-02-14: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0259.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-20: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0259S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0259.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0259.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0259S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0259.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB259-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).