Bill Text: TX SB1835 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1835 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the statute of limitations applicable to a complaint filed with the Texas Workforce Commission regarding an unlawful employment practice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1835 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1835-Introduced.html

	87R13307 RDS-F

	By: Eckhardt	S.B. No. 1835



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the statute of limitations applicable to a complaint
	filed with the Texas Workforce Commission regarding an unlawful
	employment practice.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 21.201(g), Labor Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(g) If a perfected complaint is not received by the
	commission within 300 [~~180~~] days of the alleged unlawful employment
	practice, the commission shall notify the respondent that a
	complaint has been filed and that the process of perfecting the
	complaint is in progress.
	SECTION 2. Section 21.202(a), Labor Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) A complaint under this subchapter must be filed not
	later than the 300th [~~180th~~] day after the date the alleged unlawful
	employment practice occurred.
	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a complaint based on conduct occurring on or after the effective
	date of this Act. A complaint that is based on conduct occurring
	before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.