Texas bill making it unlawful to have COVID vaccine for employment

 

Methodist employees must be vaccinated by June 7th or

be terminated , I wonder if they are trying to get ahead of this bill.

 

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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