88S40127 SCP-D
By: Isaac H.B. No. 49
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to required
disclosure of an individual's vaccination status.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter H-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER H-1. PRIVACY OF VACCINATION STATUS
Sec. 21.421. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus
disease and any variants of the disease.
(2) "Employer" means a person who employs one or more
employees.
Sec. 21.422. RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF VACCINATION STATUS. (a)
An individual has the right to keep the individual's vaccination
status private, including COVID-19 vaccination status, and may not
be required to disclose that information to the individual's
employer or an employer to whom the individual has applied for an
employment position unless the disclosure is required by state or
federal law.
(b) An employer commits an unlawful employment practice if
the employer fails or refuses to hire, discharges, or otherwise
discriminates against an individual with respect to the
compensation or the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment
because the individual exercises the right described by Subsection
(a).
SECTION 2. Subchapter H-1, Chapter 21, Labor Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an unlawful employment practice that
occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.