WA HB2166

Adds six religious holidays to Washington's list of recognized days: Christmas Eve (December 24), Easter Sunday, Good Friday, Hanukkah (8 days beginning 25 Kislev), Passover (8 days beginning 15 Nisan), Rosh Hashanah (1-2 Tishrei), and Yom Kippur (10 Tishrei)

These holidays receive official state recognition but are explicitly not legal holidays, meaning they do not provide paid time off for state employees

Amends RCW 1.16.050, which governs state legal holidays and recognized days

State employees already have access to two unpaid holidays per year for reasons of faith or conscience under existing law, which remains unchanged

Sponsored by 11 Republican representatives and prefiled December 17, 2025 for the 2026 legislative session