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TXHB1687

 

Bill Title: Relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to the COVID-19 vaccine.

 

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-0)

 

Status: (Introduced) 2021-03-09 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB1687 Detail]

 

Download: Texas-2021-HB1687-Introduced.html

 

https://legiscan.com/TX/text/HB1687/id/2279476

 

BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 

AN ACT

relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to the

COVID-19 vaccine.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended by adding

Subchapter H-1 to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER H-1. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON COVID-19 VACCINATION

STATUS

Sec. 21.421. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "COVID-19"

means the 2019 novel coronavirus disease.

Sec. 21.422. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON COVID-19

VACCINATION STATUS. (a) An employer commits an unlawful employment

practice if the employer fails or refuses to hire, discharges, or

otherwise discriminates against an individual with respect to the

compensation or the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment

because the individual has not received a COVID-19 vaccine.

(b) A labor organization commits an unlawful employment

practice if the labor organization excludes or expels from

membership or otherwise discriminates against an individual

because the individual has not received a COVID-19 vaccine.

(c) An employment agency commits an unlawful employment

practice if the employment agency classifies or refers for

employment, fails or refuses to refer for employment, or otherwise

discriminates against an individual because the individual has not

received a COVID-19 vaccine.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an unlawful employment practice that occurs on or after the

effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

 

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