Bill Text: TX SB1556 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-28 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1556 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1556-Engrossed.html
By: Parker, et al. | S.B. No. 1556 |
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relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in | ||
religious speech or prayer while on duty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 22.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22.012. RELIGIOUS SPEECH OR PRAYER. The right of an | ||
employee of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to | ||
engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty may not be | ||
infringed on by the district or school or another state | ||
governmental entity, unless the infringement is: | ||
(1) necessary to further a compelling state interest; | ||
and | ||
(2) narrowly tailored using the least restrictive | ||
means to achieve that compelling state interest. | ||
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. |