86R873 KKR-D
By: Krause H.B. No. 222
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting a municipality from requiring an employer
to provide paid sick leave.
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. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT LEAVE
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.
Sec. 83.002. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SICK LEAVE PROHIBITED.
(a) The governing body of a municipality may not adopt or enforce
any ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires an employer to
provide to an employee paid sick leave.
(b) An ordinance, rule, or regulation that violates
Subsection (a) is void and unenforceable.
SECTION 2. Chapter 83, Labor Code, as added by this Act,
applies to an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted before, on, or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.