86R9306 SMT-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2278
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the statute of limitations applicable to a sexual
harassment complaint filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.201(g), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) If a perfected complaint is not received by the
commission within 180 days of the alleged unlawful employment
practice or, for a complaint alleging sexual harassment, not later
than the second anniversary of the date of the alleged sexual
harassment, the commission shall notify the respondent that a
complaint has been filed and that the process of perfecting the
complaint is in progress.
SECTION 2. Section 21.202, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A] complaint
under this subchapter must be filed not later than the 180th day
after the date the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.
(a-1) A complaint under this subchapter alleging sexual
harassment must be filed not later than the second anniversary of
the date the alleged sexual harassment occurred.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a sexual harassment complaint based on conduct occurring on or
after the effective date of this Act. A sexual harassment complaint
that is based on conduct occurring before that date is governed by
the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.