87R12174 MAW-D
By: White H.B. No. 3454
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain employment and occupational licensing
restrictions based on a person's prior conviction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.092, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) Notwithstanding any other law, a person is not
ineligible for employment in a public school as a food service
worker solely because the person has been convicted of a
nonviolent, nonsexual offense.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 53, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 53.027 to read as follows:
Sec. 53.027. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN LICENSES. (a) This
section applies only to a license issued under:
(1) Title 3;
(2) Title 7;
(3) Title 8; or
(4) Title 12.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an applicant may not be
denied a license to which this section applies based solely on the
applicant having been convicted of a nonviolent, nonsexual offense.
SECTION 3. Section 522.081, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding any other law, a person may not be
disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle based solely
on the person having been convicted of a nonviolent, nonsexual
offense.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.