HB 1047

bill adding more optional state holidays

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the designation of certain optional holidays.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Diwali, Vesak, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar New Year and more.

The bill adds All Saints' Day, Lunar New Year, Dashera, Vaisakhi, Vesak, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, one day of Diwali, and one day of Passover to the list of optional state holidays, alongside Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Good Friday. It touches state employees, who can take one of these listed days off in place of a regular holiday under the existing optional-holiday law. State workers get a longer menu of religious and cultural days they can choose to observe, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 1 Republican, 3 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.QUICK READ: 116 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 116 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Delivery of Government Efficiency committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1047 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92

Rep. Tom OliversonRHouse 130

Rep. Joe MoodyDHouse 78

+ 1 more author

ITEM

relating to the designation of certain optional holidays.

WHAT IT DOES

Diwali, Vesak, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar New Year and more.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Nov 12, 2024Filed
Mar 7, 2025Read first time
Mar 7, 2025Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

ALSO NOTED · NOT CHARGED (1)

RENAMING AND CEREMONIAL · analysis confidence 70%

THE TEXT

…“Good Friday , All Saints' Day, Lunar New Year, Dashera, Vaisakhi,”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill's only change is adding named days to the list of designated optional holidays. It is a holiday designation bill and nothing else.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Salman Bhojani

Donors

6301 ECC LLC$36KSam Mahrouq$25,000Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

6301 ECC LLC$36,400.00

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $36,400.00
Total: $36,400.00

Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

Sam Mahrouq$25,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash: $21,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $21,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $36,400.00
Total: $36,400.00

Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash: $21,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $21,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

03/07/2025 H Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Delivery of Government Efficiency · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

ALL SAINTS' DAY (H92X8)

DASHERA (HU01F)

DIWALI (HL90Y)

EID AL-ADHA (HJ1PH)

EID AL-FITR (HW0O6)

GOOD FRIDAY (HQ25I)

LUNAR NEW YEAR

PASSOVER (HP1LT)

ROSH HASHANAH (H43F2)

VAISAKHI (SIKH FESTIVAL)

VESAK (HW7PV)

YOM KIPPUR (HN3CD)

Holidays

Text

The text as introduced · 116 words

89R3451 RDS-D

By: Bhojani
H.B. No. 1047

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of certain optional holidays.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 662.003(c), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(c) An "optional holiday" includes only :

(1) the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, [ or ]

Good Friday , All Saints' Day, Lunar New Year, Dashera, Vaisakhi,

Vesak, Eid al-Fitr, or Eid al-Adha fall; and

(2) one day of the Diwali festival and one day of

Passover selected by the state employee observing the optional

holiday [ falls ].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.