Bill Text: TX HB33 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 33 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on certain companies and hospitals from requiring employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination; creating a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-12 - Referred to State Affairs [HB33 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB33-Introduced.html



	By: Slaton	H.B. No. 33



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a prohibition on certain companies and hospitals from
	requiring employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination; creating a
	criminal offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by
	adding Chapter 24 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 24. CERTAIN EMPLOYER-REQUIRED VACCINATIONS PROHIBITED
	Sec. 24.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1) "Company" has the meaning assigned by Section
	808.001, Government Code.
	(2) "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus
	disease.
	(3) "Hospital" means a health facility that is
	licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code.
	(4) "License" means a license, certificate,
	registration, permit, or other authorization that:
	(A) is issued by a state agency or political
	subdivision; and
	(B) a company must obtain to engage in a
	particular business or occupation.
	(5) "Political subdivision" means a county,
	municipality, school district, special purpose district, or other
	subdivision of state government that has jurisdiction limited to a
	geographic portion of the state.
	(6) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section
	609.001, Government Code.
	Sec. 24.002. OFFENSE; PENALTIES. (a) A company or hospital
	commits an offense if the company or hospital requires, as a
	condition of employment, an employee to receive a COVID-19
	vaccination.
	(b) Each employee required to receive a vaccination is a
	separate offense under Subsection (a).
	(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
	(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a company that is
	convicted of an offense under this section is not eligible to hold a
	license until the fifth anniversary of the date of the conviction.
	A state agency or political subdivision shall revoke a license
	issued to a company that is ineligible to hold the license under
	this subsection.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.