Bill Text: TX SB91 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain unlawful employment practices relating to the reporting of criminal offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB91 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB91-Introduced.html
86R282 JSC-D | ||
By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 91 |
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relating to certain unlawful employment practices relating to the | ||
reporting of criminal offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 21.0605 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.0605. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS PROHIBITING REPORTING OF | ||
CRIMINAL OFFENSES VOID AND UNENFORCEABLE. (a) A nondisclosure or | ||
confidentiality agreement or other agreement between an employer | ||
and an employee is void and unenforceable as against the public | ||
policy of this state to the extent the agreement prohibits the | ||
employee from notifying, or limits the employee's ability to | ||
notify, a local or state law enforcement agency or any state or | ||
federal regulatory agency of a criminal offense committed: | ||
(1) by an employee of the employer; or | ||
(2) at the employee's place of employment. | ||
(b) An employer commits an unlawful employment practice if | ||
the employer requires an employee or employment applicant, as a | ||
condition of employment or receipt of an employment benefit, to | ||
enter into an agreement described by Subsection (a). | ||
(c) An employer commits an unlawful employment practice if | ||
the employer retaliates in any manner against an employee who: | ||
(1) opposes an unlawful employment practice under this | ||
section; | ||
(2) files a complaint regarding a violation of this | ||
section; | ||
(3) testifies, assists, or participates in any manner | ||
in an investigation, hearing, or other proceeding to enforce this | ||
section; or | ||
(4) notifies a local or state law enforcement agency | ||
or any state or federal regulatory agency of a criminal offense | ||
described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2). | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Section 21.0605(a), Labor Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies to an agreement regardless of whether the | ||
agreement was entered into before, on, or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. | ||
(b) Sections 21.0605(b) and (c), Labor Code, as added by | ||
this Act, apply only to an unlawful employment practice that occurs | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |