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Utah law currently lists a set of official legal holidays, such as New Year's Day, Independence Day, and Christmas, and separately recognizes a list of "state holy days" like Lunar New Year, Passover, Eid al-Fitr, Diwali, and others that carry no special legal status on their own. This bill would add Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, to the official list of legal holidays, but state employees would receive only four hours of paid time off for it rather than the standard eight hours given for other holidays. Starting with the 2027-28 school year, public school districts, charter schools, and colleges or universities would be required to prioritize, whenever possible, scheduling school breaks to align with Good Friday and the other recognized state holy days. The bill would also require state and local government agencies to give high priority to approving employee requests to take personal leave on any of these state holy days.