By: Creighton, et al. S.B. No. 14
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2021; March 11, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
March 31, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 3; March 31, 2021,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 14 By: Creighton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain
employment benefits and policies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 83 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 83. PROHIBITION AGAINST LOCAL REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS AND POLICIES
Sec. 83.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by
an employer for compensation.
(2) "Employer" means a person who employs one or more
employees.
(3) "Employment benefit" means anything of value that
an employee receives from an employer beyond regular salary or
wages.
Sec. 83.002. PROHIBITION AGAINST MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY
REQUIRING CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OR POLICIES. (a) A
municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance,
order, rule, regulation, or policy requiring any terms of
employment that exceed or conflict with federal or state law
relating to any form of employment leave, hiring practices,
employment benefits, scheduling practices, or other terms of
employment.
(b) Any provision of an ordinance, order, rule, regulation,
or policy that violates Subsection (a) is void and unenforceable.
(c) This chapter does not affect:
(1) the Texas Minimum Wage Act under Chapter 62; or
(2) a contract or agreement relating to terms of
employment voluntarily entered into between a private employer or
entity and a governmental entity.
SECTION 2. Chapter 83, Labor Code, as added by this Act,
applies to an ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy adopted
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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