Bill Text: TX SB220 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an employer's civil liability under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act for injuries sustained by certain victims of sexual assault or abuse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [SB220 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB220-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 220 | |
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| relating to an employer's civil liability under the Texas Workers' | ||
| Compensation Act for injuries sustained by certain victims of | ||
| sexual assault or abuse. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 408, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 408.0011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 408.0011. CIVIL ACTION FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED BY | ||
| CERTAIN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Developmental disability" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 112.042, Human Resources Code. | ||
| (2) "Intellectual disability" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 591.003, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| (3) "Sexual abuse" means conduct described by Section | ||
| 21.02 or 21.11, Penal Code. | ||
| (4) "Sexual assault" means conduct described by | ||
| Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 408.001, an employee who is the | ||
| victim of sexual assault or abuse may bring a cause of action | ||
| against the employer if: | ||
| (1) the employee is an individual with an intellectual | ||
| or developmental disability; and | ||
| (2) the employee's injuries arose from the employer's | ||
| negligence. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
