Bill Text: TX HB34 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting a private employer from adopting or enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-07 - Filed [HB34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB34-Introduced.html
By: Harrison | H.B. No. 34 |
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relating to prohibiting a private employer from adopting or | ||
enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates; authorizing an administrative | ||
penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 81D.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Adverse action" means an action taken by an | ||
employer that a reasonable person would consider was for the | ||
purpose of punishing, alienating, or otherwise adversely affecting | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 81D.002, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81D.002. EMPLOYER CORONAVIRUS VACCINE MANDATES | ||
PROHIBITED. An employer may not adopt or enforce a mandate | ||
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any reason, including as a condition of employment, [ |
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position, or admission. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 81D.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81D.003. PROHIBITED ADVERSE ACTION BY EMPLOYER. An | ||
employer may not take an adverse action against [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 81D.004, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81D.004. COMPLAINT; INVESTIGATION. (a) [ |
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in violation of this chapter may file a complaint with the | ||
commission in the form and manner prescribed by commission rules. | ||
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to conduct or an adverse action that occurs on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. If any provision of this Act or its application | ||
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does | ||
not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be | ||
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to | ||
this end the provisions of this Act are declared severable. | ||
SECTION 7. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |