Bill Text: TX HB2659 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to protection for a public school employee's refusal to participate in certain inclusivity policies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2659 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2659-Introduced.html

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88R9185 PRL-D
By: Leo-Wilson H.B. No. 2659

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to protection for a public school employee's refusal to
participate in certain inclusivity policies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 22.903 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.903. PROTECTION FOR REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE IN
CERTAIN INCLUSIVITY POLICIES. A school district or open-enrollment
charter school may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise
discriminate against a district or school employee who, because of
the employee's sincerely held religious beliefs, refuses to:
(1) complete the LGBTQ Inclusivity in Schools: A
Self-Assessment Tool published by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention; or
(2) implement a district or school policy based on a
recommendation provided by that publication.
SECTION 2. 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, 2023.