By: Campbell, Creighton	S.B. No. 130
	Sparks

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain
	employment benefits and policies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle D, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by
	adding Chapter 83 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 83. PROHIBITION AGAINST LOCAL REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT
	BENEFITS AND POLICIES
	Sec. 83.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Employee" means an individual who is employed by
	an employer for compensation.
	(2)  "Employer" means a person who employs one or more
	employees.
	(3)  "Employment benefit" means anything of value that
	an employee receives from an employer beyond regular salary or
	wages.
	Sec. 83.002.  PROHIBITION AGAINST MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY
	REQUIRING CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OR POLICIES. (a)  A
	municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance,
	order, rule, regulation, or policy requiring any terms of
	employment that exceed or conflict with federal or state law
	relating to any form of employment leave, hiring practices,
	employment benefits, or scheduling practices.
	(b)  Any provision of an ordinance, order, rule, regulation,
	or policy that violates Subsection (a) is void and unenforceable.
	(c)  This chapter does not affect:
	(1)  the Texas Minimum Wage Act under Chapter 62;
	(2)  the authority of a municipality or county to
	negotiate the terms of employment with employees of the
	municipality or county;
	(3)  employment and safety protections afforded by
	state and federal law to employees and prospective employees;
	(4)  an ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy
	relating to terms of employment in contracts or agreements entered
	into between a private entity, including an organization
	representing city employees or county employees, and a governmental
	entity, regardless of whether the ordinance, order, rule,
	regulation, or policy is adopted before, on, or after September 1,
	2023; or
	(5)  a contract or agreement relating to terms of
	employment voluntarily entered into between a private employer or
	entity and a governmental entity.
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 83, Labor Code, as added by this Act,
	applies to an ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy adopted
	before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Labor Code 62.002 (Labor Code 62)
Senate Committee Report: (Labor Code 62)
Engrossed: (Labor Code 62)