Holidays and Observances: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026

Legislative staff filed 16 measures from the 2025-26 session under Holidays and Observances. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and measures with a page of their own are linked.

• HB 1017 · Kimchi day, designating 22 November
• HB 1116 · Election day, recognizing first Tuesday after first Monday of November
• HB 1412 · Middle Eastern and North African Americans, recognizing April as heritage month
• HB 1434 · Eid al-Adha, establishing as state legal holiday on tenth day of twelfth month of the Islamic calendar
• HB 1446 · Presidents' Day, changing name to George Washington's Birthday (observed)
• HB 1759 · Day of the 12s, recognizing twelfth of December
• HB 2709 · Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas
• HR 4685 · Nowruz, celebrating
• SB 5046 · Kimchi day, designating 22 November
• SB 5106 · Eid al-Adha, establishing as state legal holiday on tenth day of twelfth month of the Islamic calendar
• SB 5159 · Trick-or-treat day, recognizing the last Saturday in October
• SB 5779 · African diaspora heritage week, recognizing last full calendar week of July as
• SB 5950 · Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, and Vaisakhi celebrated
• SB 6043 · Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Hanukkah recognized
• SB 6044 · Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas
• SB 6272 · Lights out for birds months recognized

All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills

Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.