87R8584 BRG-D
By: Dean H.B. No. 2782
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to businesses' civil liability for COVID-19 exposure.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 100C to read as follows:
CHAPTER 100C. COVID-19 EXPOSURE LIABILITY FOR BUSINESSES
Sec. 100C.001. LIABILITY LIMITED. A business entity or
person who owns a business entity may not be held liable for injury
or death caused by exposure to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease
that occurred due to the entity's activities or operations, unless
a claimant proves that the exposure was caused by gross negligence
or wilful misconduct.
SECTION 2. Chapter 100C, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
as added by this Act, applies to a cause of action that accrued
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.