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      88(4) HB 49 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88S40127 SCP-D
         
		By:  Isaac
            H.B.  No.  49
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to required 
         
            disclosure of an individual's vaccination status.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended by adding 
         
            Subchapter H-1 to read as follows:
         
            SUBCHAPTER H-1.  PRIVACY OF VACCINATION STATUS
         
                          Sec.  21.421.    DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
         
                                      (1)    "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus 
         
            disease and any variants of the disease.
         
                                      (2)    "Employer" means a person who employs one or more 
         
            employees.
         
                          Sec.  21.422.    RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF VACCINATION STATUS.  (a)  
         
            An individual has the right to keep the individual's vaccination 
         
            status private, including COVID-19 vaccination status, and may not 
         
            be required to disclose that information to the individual's 
         
            employer or an employer to whom the individual has applied for an 
         
            employment position unless the disclosure is required by state or 
         
            federal law.
         
                          (b)    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 exercises the right described by Subsection 
         
            (a).
         
                          SECTION  2.    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  3.    This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the 
         
            last day of the legislative session.
         
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to required
	disclosure of an individual's vaccination status.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended by adding
	Subchapter H-1 to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER H-1. PRIVACY OF VACCINATION STATUS
	Sec. 21.421. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
	(1) "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus
	disease and any variants of the disease.
	(2) "Employer" means a person who employs one or more
	employees.
	Sec. 21.422. RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF VACCINATION STATUS. (a)
	An individual has the right to keep the individual's vaccination
	status private, including COVID-19 vaccination status, and may not
	be required to disclose that information to the individual's
	employer or an employer to whom the individual has applied for an
	employment position unless the disclosure is required by state or
	federal law.
	(b) 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 exercises the right described by Subsection
	(a).
	SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.