Bill Text: TX SB2245 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2021-05-06 - Co-author authorized [SB2245 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2245-Introduced.html
| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 2245 | |
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| relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to the | ||
| COVID-19 vaccine. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter H-1 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER H-1. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON COVID-19 VACCINATION | ||
| STATUS | ||
| Sec. 21.421. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "COVID-19" | ||
| means the 2019 novel coronavirus disease. | ||
| Sec. 21.422. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON COVID-19 | ||
| VACCINATION STATUS. (a) An employer commits an unlawful | ||
| employment practice if the employer fails or refuses to hire, | ||
| discharges, or otherwise discriminates against an individual with | ||
| respect to the compensation or the terms, conditions, or privileges | ||
| of employment because the individual has not received the COVID-19 | ||
| vaccine. | ||
| (b) A labor organization commits an unlawful employment | ||
| practice if the labor organization excludes or expels from | ||
| membership or otherwise discriminates against an individual | ||
| because the individual has not received the COVID-19 vaccine. | ||
| (c) An employment agency commits an unlawful employment | ||
| practice if the employment agency classifies or refers for | ||
| employment, fails or refuses to refer for employment, or otherwise | ||
| discriminates against an individual because the individual has not | ||
| received a COVID-19 vaccine. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an unlawful employment practice that occurs on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
