1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 65 By: Stanley
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to definitions and general
7 provisions; amending 25 O.S. 2021, Section 82.1,
8 which relates to holidays; authorizing personal
8 holiday leave for state employees; and providing an
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 82.1, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 82.1. A. The designation and dates of holidays in
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16 Oklahoma shall be as follows: Each Saturday, Sunday, New Year’s Day
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17 on the 1st day of January, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday on the
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18 third Monday in January, Presidents’ Day on the third Monday in
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19 February, Memorial Day on the last Monday in May, Independence Day
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20 on the 4th day of July, Labor Day on the first Monday in September,
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21 Veterans’ Day on the 11th day of November, Thanksgiving Day on the
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22 fourth Thursday in November, the day after Thanksgiving Day,
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23 Christmas on the 25th day of December, the day before or after
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24 Christmas if Christmas is not on a Saturday or Sunday, the Thursday
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 1 and Friday before Christmas if Christmas is on a Saturday, the
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2 Monday and Tuesday after Christmas, if Christmas is on a Sunday; and
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3 if any of such holidays other than Christmas fall on Saturday, the
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4 preceding Friday shall be a holiday in that year and if any of such
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5 holidays other than Christmas fall on Sunday, the succeeding Monday
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6 shall be a holiday in that year.
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7 B. The Governor shall issue an Executive Order each year
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8 specifying the dates on which the holidays other than Saturdays and
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9 Sundays designated in subsection A of this section occur. If the
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10 President of the United States declares any day other than those
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11 listed in subsection A of this section as a national holiday, the
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12 Governor may issue an Executive Order declaring such day a state
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13 holiday.
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14 C. Any act authorized, required, or permitted to be performed
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15 on a holiday as designated in subsection A of this section may be
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16 performed on the next succeeding business day, and no liability or
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17 loss of rights of any kind shall result from such delay.
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18 D. State employees, except for temporary and other limited term
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19 employees, shall be entitled to a day off work without loss of pay
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20 on those holidays specified in an Executive Order issued by the
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21 Governor pursuant to subsection B of this section. Those state
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22 employees, except for temporary and other limited term employees,
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23 who are required to work on a holiday specified in subsection B of
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24 this section shall be entitled to a day off work, without loss of
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 1 pay, on an alternative date or payment in lieu thereof at the
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2 discretion of the appointing authority and in accordance with rules
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3 of the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
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4 E. For the purposes of this section, “holiday” means that
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5 agencies whose mission does not require them to be open for business
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6 every day of the year shall be closed for official business.
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7 F. In addition to the holidays specified in subsection A of
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8 this section, state employees, except for temporary and other
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9 limited term employees, shall be entitled to one personal holiday
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10 each year which may be used on Good Friday, Juneteenth, Statehood
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11 Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Columbus Day, or the birthday of the
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12 employee. If any of such holidays fall on Saturday, the preceding
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13 Friday shall be a holiday in that year, and if any of such holidays
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14 fall on Sunday, the succeeding Monday shall be a holiday in that
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16 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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