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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on certain governmental contracts with |
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companies that require employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 2275 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 2275. MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATIONS PROHIBITED |
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Sec. 2275.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Company" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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808.001. |
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(2) "Political subdivision" means a county, |
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municipality, school district, special purpose district, or other |
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subdivision of state government that has jurisdiction limited to a |
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geographic portion of the state. |
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(3) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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609.001. |
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Sec. 2275.002. PROVISION REQUIRED IN CONTRACT. A state |
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agency or political subdivision may not enter into a contract with a |
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company for goods or services unless the contract contains a |
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written verification from the company that it does not, and will not |
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during the term of the contract, require, as a condition of |
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employment, an employee to receive any COVID-19 vaccination. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 2275, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before that |
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date is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was |
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entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |