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| 1 | 1 | 87S20180 CXP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leach H.B. No. 141 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to prohibiting face covering mandates for public school | |
| 8 | 8 | students. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 38.0021 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 38.0021. FACE COVERING MANDATE PROHIBITED. | |
| 13 | 13 | Notwithstanding any other law, a student in any grade level from | |
| 14 | 14 | kindergarten through grade 12 may not be required to wear a face | |
| 15 | 15 | mask or face covering as a condition of the student's admission to, | |
| 16 | 16 | continued enrollment in, or attendance at any public school in this | |
| 17 | 17 | state. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 19 | 19 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 20 | 20 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | |
| 23 | 23 | legislative session. |