Bill Text: TX HB4661 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to required sexual harassment prevention training for members of the legislature and lobbyists.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-6)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB4661 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4661-Comm_Sub.html
By: Thompson of Harris, et al. | H.B. No. 4661 | |
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) | ||
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021; | ||
May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Jurisprudence; May 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; | ||
May 22, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4661 | By: Huffman |
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relating to required sexual harassment prevention training for | ||
members of the legislature and lobbyists. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 305.005(f), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(f) The registration must be written and verified and must | ||
contain: | ||
(1) the registrant's full name and address; | ||
(2) the registrant's normal business, business phone | ||
number, and business address; | ||
(3) the full name and address of each person: | ||
(A) who reimburses, retains, or employs the | ||
registrant to communicate directly with a member of the legislative | ||
or executive branch to influence legislation or administrative | ||
action; and | ||
(B) on whose behalf the registrant has | ||
communicated directly with a member of the legislative or executive | ||
branch to influence legislation or administrative action; | ||
(4) the subject matter of the legislation or of the | ||
administrative action that is the subject of the registrant's | ||
direct communication with a member of the legislative or executive | ||
branch and, if applicable, the docket number or other | ||
administrative designation of the administrative action; | ||
(5) for each person employed or retained by the | ||
registrant for the purpose of assisting in direct communication | ||
with a member of the legislative or executive branch to influence | ||
legislation or administrative action: | ||
(A) the full name, business address, and | ||
occupation of the person; and | ||
(B) the subject matter of the legislation or of | ||
the administrative action to which the person's activities | ||
reportable under this section were related and, if applicable, the | ||
docket number or other administrative designation of the | ||
administrative action; [ |
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(6) the amount of compensation or reimbursement paid | ||
by each person who reimburses, retains, or employs the registrant | ||
for the purpose of communicating directly with a member of the | ||
legislative or executive branch or on whose behalf the registrant | ||
communicates directly with a member of the legislative or executive | ||
branch; and | ||
(7) a certificate evidencing completion of a sexual | ||
harassment prevention training course in the previous two years, as | ||
required by Section 572.102. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 572, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING | ||
Sec. 572.101. SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING | ||
REQUIRED FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Each member of the | ||
legislature or individual elected to the legislature shall: | ||
(1) complete the sexual harassment prevention | ||
training program approved by the committee on administration for | ||
the house in which the member serves or will serve not later than | ||
the 90th day after each uniform election date in November of an | ||
even-numbered year; and | ||
(2) file a certificate of completion of the program | ||
with the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house of | ||
representatives, as applicable. | ||
Sec. 572.102. SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING | ||
REQUIRED FOR LOBBYISTS. (a) Each individual required to register | ||
under Chapter 305 shall attend a sexual harassment prevention | ||
training course every two years, as approved by the commission, and | ||
shall submit to the commission a certificate of completion of the | ||
course. | ||
(b) The certificate of completion must be in a form approved | ||
by the commission. | ||
(c) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than September 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
Ethics Commission shall approve at least one sexual harassment | ||
prevention training course for purposes of Section 572.102, | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas Ethics | ||
Commission shall adopt rules as required by Section 572.102, | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(c) Section 305.005, Government Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies only to a registration required to be filed under that | ||
section on or after January 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 4. 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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