Bill Text: TX HB915 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that employers post notice of certain information regarding reporting instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB915 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB915-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 915
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that employers post notice of certain
  information regarding reporting instances of workplace violence or
  suspicious activity.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 3, Labor Code, is amended by adding Chapter
  104A to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 104A. REPORTING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
         Sec. 104A.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
  Commission.
               (2)  "Employee" means an individual who is employed by
  an employer for compensation.
               (3)  "Employer" means a person who employs one or more
  employees.
         Sec. 104A.002.  NOTICE BY EMPLOYER. Each employer shall
  post a notice to employees of the contact information for reporting
  instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity to the
  Department of Public Safety. The notice must be posted:
               (1)  in a conspicuous place in the employer's place of
  business;
               (2)  in sufficient locations to be convenient to all
  employees; and
               (3)  in English and Spanish, as appropriate.
         Sec. 104A.003.  RULES. The commission, in consultation with
  the Department of Public Safety, by rule shall prescribe the form
  and content of the notice required by this section. The rules must
  require that the notice:
               (1)  contain the contact information for reporting
  instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity to the
  Department of Public Safety; and
               (2)  inform employees of the right to make a report to
  the Department of Public Safety anonymously.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than March 1, 2024, the Texas Workforce
  Commission shall adopt rules as required by Section 104A.003, Labor
  Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 915 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 20, 1 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 915 on May 26, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 915 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 121,
  Nays 18, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 915 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays
  3; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  915 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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