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State agency employees are entitled to a paid day off from work on a national, state, and skeleton crew holiday that the State observes as outlined in Texas Government Code, Chapter 662.


Fiscal Year 2023 Holiday Schedule (.pdf)


Fiscal Year 2022 Holiday Schedule (.pdf)


Fiscal Year 2021 Holiday Schedule (.pdf)

A state agency must have enough state employees on duty during a state holiday to conduct the public business of the agency, except on state holidays that fall on a weekend, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, December 24, and December 26 (Texas Government Code, Section 662.004).

An employee who actually works on a national holiday or a state holiday, if the holiday does not fall on a weekend, will be allowed compensatory time off during the 12-month period following the date of the holiday worked (Texas Government Code, Section 662.007).

Holiday schedules for the biennium are posted after the close of each legislative session.


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