| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 21 |
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| 1 | + | By: Neave, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 21 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural |
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| 4 | + | Resources & Economic Development; May 21, 2021, reported favorably |
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| 5 | + | by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to |
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| 6 | + | printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 12 | | relating to the statute of limitations applicable to a sexual |
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| 6 | 13 | | harassment complaint filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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| 7 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.201(g), Labor Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 16 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 17 | | (g) If a perfected complaint is not received by the |
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| 11 | 18 | | commission within 180 days of the alleged unlawful employment |
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| 12 | 19 | | practice or, for a complaint alleging sexual harassment, within 300 |
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| 13 | 20 | | days of the alleged sexual harassment, the commission shall notify |
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| 14 | 21 | | the respondent that a complaint has been filed and that the process |
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| 15 | 22 | | of perfecting the complaint is in progress. |
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| 16 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 21.202, Labor Code, is amended by |
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| 17 | 24 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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| 18 | 25 | | follows: |
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| 19 | 26 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A] complaint |
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| 20 | 27 | | under this subchapter must be filed not later than the 180th day |
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| 21 | 28 | | after the date the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred. |
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| 22 | 29 | | (a-1) A complaint under this subchapter alleging sexual |
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| 23 | 30 | | harassment must be filed not later than the 300th day after the date |
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| 24 | 31 | | the alleged sexual harassment occurred. |
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| 25 | 32 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 26 | 33 | | to a sexual harassment complaint based on conduct occurring on or |
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| 27 | 34 | | after the effective date of this Act. A sexual harassment complaint |
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| 28 | 35 | | that is based on conduct occurring before that date is governed by |
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| 29 | 36 | | the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the former |
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| 30 | 37 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 31 | 38 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 32 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 21 was passed by the House on April |
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| 35 | | - | 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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| 36 | | - | voting. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 21 was passed by the Senate on May 22, |
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| 40 | | - | 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 41 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Date |
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| 45 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Governor |
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| 39 | + | * * * * * |
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