Bill Text: TX SB24 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibited vaccination status discrimination and requirements for certain vaccination policies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-11 - Co-author authorized [SB24 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB24-Introduced.html
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| By: Hall, Paxton | S.B. No. 24 | |
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| relating to prohibited vaccination status discrimination and | ||
| requirements for certain vaccination policies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 161.0085, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by S.B. No. 968, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2021, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) and amending | ||
| Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) A governmental entity in this state may not require an | ||
| individual to provide any documentation certifying the | ||
| individual's COVID-19 vaccination or post-transmission recovery on | ||
| entry to, to gain access to, or to receive service from the | ||
| governmental entity. | ||
| (e) This section may not be construed to: | ||
| (1) restrict a business or governmental entity from | ||
| implementing COVID-19 screening and infection control protocols in | ||
| accordance with state and federal law to protect public health; or | ||
| (2) interfere with an individual's right to access the | ||
| individual's personal health information under federal law. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 224.002(c), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The policy must [ |
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| individual to be exempt from the required vaccines based on reasons | ||
| of conscience, including a religious belief. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter H-1 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER H-1. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON IMMUNIZATION OR | ||
| VACCINATION STATUS | ||
| Sec. 21.421. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON | ||
| IMMUNIZATION OR 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 an | ||
| immunization or 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 an immunization or 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 an immunization or vaccine. | ||
| SECTION 4. Subchapter H-1, Chapter 21, Labor Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to an unlawful employment practice that | ||
| occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
