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SB-461 Days and hours of work: religious or cultural observance.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 The Legislature finds and declares that the following is a nonexhaustive list of holidays or ceremonies from various religions, cultures, and heritages that have not traditionally received official state recognition:
(a) Araw ng Kagitingan.
(b) Bandi Chhor Divas.
(c) Bonifacio Day.
(d) Cinco de Mayo.
(e) Día de los Muertos.
(f) Diwali.
(g) Dasehra.
(h) Eid al-Adha.
(i) Eid al-Fitr.
(j) Hanukkah.
(k) Janmashtami.
(l) Maha-shivaratri.
(m) Maundy Thursday.
(n) National Heroes’ Day.
(o) Navaratri.
(p) Nowroz.
(q) Passover.
(r) Raksha Bandhan.
(s) Rizal Day.
(t) Rosh Hashanah.
(u) Tết Nguyên Đán.
(v) Vaisakhi.
(w) Yom Kippur.

SEC. 2.

 Section 19853.2 is added to the Government Code, to read:

19853.2.
 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19853 or 19853.1, a state employee, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, may elect to receive eight hours of holiday credit for observance of a holiday or ceremony of the state employee’s religion, culture, or heritage in lieu of receiving eight hours of personal holiday credit in accordance with Section 19854.
(b) This section shall only apply to a bargaining unit that has met and conferred with the Department of Human Resources in the ordinary process and timeline for negotiating and renegotiating the bargaining unit’s collective bargaining agreement regardless of whether a memorandum of understanding is reached.