87S20180 CXP-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 141
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting face covering mandates for public school
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.0021 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0021. FACE COVERING MANDATE PROHIBITED.
Notwithstanding any other law, a student in any grade level from
kindergarten through grade 12 may not be required to wear a face
mask or face covering as a condition of the student's admission to,
continued enrollment in, or attendance at any public school in this
state.
SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.