Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1001 Compare Versions

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1		-	86R21340 TSR-F
2		-	By: Israel, Capriglione, Cyrier, Bucy, H.B. No. 1001
3		-	Rodriguez
4		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1001:
5		-	By: Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 1001
	1	+	86R2305 TSR-F
	2	+	By: Israel H.B. No. 1001
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8	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	6		AN ACT
10		-	relating to ~~prohibited retaliation against~~ state or local ~~public~~
11		-	~~employees for reporting certain violations of law~~.
	7	+	relating to whom certain violations of the law by a state or local
	8	+	governmental entity may be reported.
12	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	10		SECTION 1. Section 554.002(a), Government Code, is amended
14	11		to read as follows:
15	12		(a) A state or local governmental entity may not suspend or
16	13		terminate the employment of, or take other adverse personnel action
17	14		against, a public employee who in good faith reports a violation of
18	15		law by the employing governmental entity or another public employee
19	16		to:
20		-	(1) the reporting employee's immediate supervisor, or
21		-	an individual who holds a position above the reporting employee's
22		-	immediate supervisor, at the employing governmental entity;
	17	+	(1) the reporting employee's supervisor at the
	18	+	employing governmental entity;
23	19		(2) an individual or office designated by the
24		-	employing governmental entity as the individual or ~~office for~~
25		-	reporting such grievances;
	20	+	employing governmental entity as the appropriate individual or
	21	+	office for reporting such grievances;
26	22		(3) a member of the human resources staff of the
27	23		employing governmental entity; or
28	24		(4) an appropriate law enforcement authority.
29		-	SECTION 2. Section 554.009, Government Code, is amended to
30		-	read as follows:
31		-	Sec. 554.009. NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES. (a) A state or local
32		-	governmental entity shall inform its employees of their rights
33		-	under this chapter by:
34		-	(1) posting a sign in a prominent location in the
35		-	workplace; and
36		-	(2) providing its employees with a copy of the
37		-	anti-retaliation policy adopted by the entity under Section
38		-	554.0095.
39		-	(b) The attorney general shall:
40		-	(1) prescribe the design and content of the sign
41		-	required by Subsection (a)(1); and
42		-	(2) post in a prominent location on its Internet
43		-	website:
44		-	(A) a summary of the rights of public employees
45		-	under this chapter; and
46		-	(B) a notice informing public employees of:
47		-	(i) the ability to obtain a copy of the
48		-	anti-retaliation policy adopted by their employing governmental
49		-	entity from an individual described by Section 554.002(a)(1), (2),
50		-	or (3); and
51		-	(ii) the requirement that an employing
52		-	governmental entity provide to each public employee on the first
53		-	day of employment with the entity a copy of the entity's
54		-	anti-retaliation policy developed and adopted under Section
55		-	554.0095 [this section].
56		-	SECTION 3. Chapter 554, Government Code, is amended by
57		-	adding Section 554.0095 to read as follows:
58		-	Sec. 554.0095. ANTI-RETALIATION POLICY. (a) A state or
59		-	local governmental entity shall:
60		-	(1) develop and adopt an anti-retaliation policy
61		-	consistent with this chapter that:
62		-	(A) informs its employees of their rights under
63		-	this chapter and the anti-retaliation policy; and
64		-	(B) lists the individuals to whom its employees
65		-	may report a violation of law under Section 554.002(a);
66		-	(2) provide a copy of the anti-retaliation policy
67		-	adopted under Subdivision (1) to each employee on the first day of
68		-	the employee's employment with the entity; and
69		-	(3) notify its employees of any change made to its
70		-	anti-retaliation policy by e-mail, memorandum, or in any other
71		-	manner that ensures each employee will be informed of the change.
72		-	(b) If an employee of a state or local governmental entity
73		-	requests a copy of the entity's anti-retaliation policy from an
74		-	individual described by Section 554.002(a)(1), (2), or (3), the
75		-	individual shall provide the employee with a copy of the policy.
76		-	SECTION 4. Not later than December 1, 2019, a state or local
77		-	governmental entity, as defined by Section 554.001, Government
78		-	Code, shall develop and adopt an anti-retaliation policy as
79		-	required by Section 554.0095, Government Code, as added by this
80		-	Act.
81		-	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	25	+	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.