| 1 | 1 | | 87S30087 KKR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: White H.B. No. 93 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Pelosi |
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| 10 | 10 | | Congressional Vaccination Doctrine Act. |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0015 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 161.0015. COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES PROHIBITED. (a) |
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| 14 | 14 | | In this section, "governmental entity" means this state, a local |
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| 15 | 15 | | government entity as defined by Section 418.004, Government Code, |
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| 16 | 16 | | or an agency of this state or a local government entity. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) A governmental entity may not implement, order, or |
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| 18 | 18 | | otherwise impose a mandate requiring an individual to be vaccinated |
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| 19 | 19 | | against COVID-19. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 3. Section 161.0085(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 21 | 21 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) A business in this state may not require a customer or an |
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| 23 | 23 | | employee of the business to provide any documentation certifying |
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| 24 | 24 | | the customer's or employee's COVID-19 vaccination or |
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| 25 | 25 | | post-transmission recovery on entry to, to gain access to, [or] to |
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| 26 | 26 | | receive service from, or to be employed by the business. A business |
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| 27 | 27 | | that fails to comply with this subsection is not eligible to receive |
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| 28 | 28 | | a grant or enter into a contract payable with state funds. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | legislative session. |
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