87R5790 MWC-D
By: Gates H.B. No. 1872
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain disease detection devices in public
schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.043 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.043. CERTAIN MANDATORY DETECTION DEVICES
PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:
(1) "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus
disease.
(2) "COVID-19 detection device" means a device worn on
a student's body designed and used for the purpose of:
(A) detecting the student's temperature;
(B) detecting the presence of COVID-19 symptoms;
or
(C) tracing the student's contact with other
individuals infected with COVID-19.
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
not require a student to use a COVID-19 detection device at any time
during the school day or at any activity sponsored by the district
or school.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.