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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