2023S0170-T 02/17/23
By: Lozano H.B. No. 3721
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 161.0015. PROHIBITED COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES. (a)
The state or a political subdivision of this state, including a
public school district, an open-enrollment charter school, or
public health authority may not implement, order, or otherwise
impose a mandate requiring an individual to be vaccinated against
COVID-19.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a health care facility
owned or operated by a political subdivision of this state may
require an employee or applicant for employment to provide
documentation certifying the employee's or applicant's COVID-19
vaccination to be employed by the facility.
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 September 1, 2023.