Bill Text: TX SB91 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 91

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to employer civil liability for a vaccine requirement imposed on the employer's employees.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SB91 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB91-Introduced.html

	89R2477 SCL-D

	By: Hall	S.B. No. 91



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to employer civil liability for a vaccine requirement
	imposed on the employer's employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
	amended by adding Chapter 100B to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 100B. LIABILITY FOR VACCINE REQUIREMENTS
	Sec. 100B.001. EMPLOYER LIABILITY FOR VACCINE
	REQUIREMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 408.001, Labor Code,
	and except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, an
	employee or the legal representative of an employee who is deceased
	or incapacitated may bring an action against the employee's
	employer for damages arising from adverse health events that are a
	result of the employer's vaccine requirement for employees.
	(b) This section does not apply to an employer that accepts
	the following exemptions from the employer's vaccine requirement
	for employees:
	(1) the employee has reasons of conscience, including
	a religious belief, that conflict with the requirement; and
	(2) the vaccination is medically contraindicated
	based on the medical opinion of a physician who has examined the
	employee.
	(c) A court may award a claimant who prevails in an action
	brought under this section reasonable attorney's fees and court
	costs.
	SECTION 2. Section 100B.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, as added 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 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, 2025.