House Bill 4190 would give the state’s full-time employees a personal holiday. They could choose from Good Friday, Juneteenth, Statehood Day, Indigenous Peoples Day or the employee’s birthday as their personal holiday. The Senate approved HB 4190 on Thursday.
Senator Kim David guided the measure through the Senate.
“Our nearly 32,000 state employees are some of the hardest working people around, providing important government services year-round to their fellow Oklahomans,” David said. “This will give these dedicated public servants an extra day to celebrate their faith, history, or birthday. I’m grateful to my legislative colleagues for recognizing our state employees’ commitment with this much-deserved additional day off to spend with their friends and families.”
House Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols was the primary author of HB 4190. He says state employees deserve an extra paid holiday.
“I’m happy to see this commonsense piece of legislation pass the Senate and head to the governor’s desk,” Echols said. “Our state employees work extremely hard to make sure we have an efficient and effective government for the people of Oklahoma, and we need to take any chance we get to show them our gratitude. This is the least we can do for the thousands of individuals who keep our government running.”
HB 4190 now heads to Governor Stitt.
