Bill Text: TX SB31 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exception to the prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine passports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-20 - Filed [SB31 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB31-Introduced.html
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| By: Johnson | S.B. No. 31 | |
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| relating to an exception to the prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine | ||
| passports. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 161.0085, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, as added by S.B. No. 968, Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 161.0085. COVID-19 VACCINE PASSPORTS PROHIBITED; | ||
| EXCEPTION. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 amending Subsections (c) and (d) and | ||
| adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [ |
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| in this state may not require a customer to provide any | ||
| documentation certifying the customer's COVID-19 vaccination or | ||
| post-transmission recovery on entry to, to gain access to, or to | ||
| receive service from the business. A business that fails to comply | ||
| with this subsection is not eligible to receive a grant or enter | ||
| into a contract payable with state funds. | ||
| (c-1) A venue as defined by Section 327.001, Business & | ||
| Commerce Code, or a business that is permitted or licensed to sell | ||
| alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption may | ||
| require an individual to provide documentation certifying the | ||
| individual's COVID-19 vaccination status or post-transmission | ||
| recovery on entry to or to gain access to the venue or business. | ||
| (d) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by | ||
| Subsection (c-1), each appropriate state agency shall ensure that | ||
| businesses in this state comply with Subsection (c) and may require | ||
| compliance with that subsection as a condition for a license, | ||
| permit, or other state authorization necessary for conducting | ||
| business in this state. | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
