Bill Text: TX HB3721 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3721 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3721-Introduced.html
2023S0170-T 02/17/23 | ||
By: Lozano | H.B. No. 3721 |
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relating to a prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0015 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 161.0015. PROHIBITED COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES. (a) | ||
The state or a political subdivision of this state, including a | ||
public school district, an open-enrollment charter school, or | ||
public health authority may not implement, order, or otherwise | ||
impose a mandate requiring an individual to be vaccinated against | ||
COVID-19. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a health care facility | ||
owned or operated by a political subdivision of this state may | ||
require an employee or applicant for employment to provide | ||
documentation certifying the employee's or applicant's COVID-19 | ||
vaccination to be employed by the facility. | ||
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. |