PRINTER'S NO. 3476
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2482
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY COOPER, KAUFER, VENKAT, PROBST, McNEILL, BRENNAN,
MARCELL, GUENST, SOLOMON, ROWE, LEADBETER, HADDOCK, MENTZER,
PICKETT, KHAN, OTTEN, DALEY, GREEN AND FLEMING, JULY 2, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 2, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 38 (Holidays and Observances) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, providing for religious observances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 38 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a part to read:
PART III
RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 21
PASSOVER AND YOM KIPPUR
Sec.
2101. Legislative findings.
2102. Designation.
§ 2101. Legislative findings.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Passover is widely celebrated as one of the most
sacred holidays of Judaism.
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(2) Passover commemorates the freedom of the Israelites
from slavery.
(3) Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, is considered the
holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
(4) Yom Kippur is set aside as a day of prayer, fasting,
introspection and repentance.
(5) More than 400,000 Pennsylvanians are among those in
the worldwide Jewish population who observe Passover and the
holy day of Yom Kippur.
§ 2102. Designation.
In accordance with longstanding Jewish tradition, the
following days shall be observed by the Commonwealth:
(1) The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan shall be
recognized as the First Day of Passover.
(2) Ten days after Rosh Hashanah, the 10th day of
Tishri, shall be recognized as Yom Kippur.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require
an employer or the Commonwealth to consider Passover or Yom
Kippur as a legal holiday or to provide paid leave to an
employee solely on the basis of the dates designated in this
act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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