Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 679	House Author:  Bell, Keith et al.
Effective:  9-1-23	Senate Sponsor:  Schwertner

House Bill 679 amends the Government Code to make voidable as against public policy, with respect to a public construction contract awarded by a governmental entity, a contract solicitation, an offer, a contract, or an agreement collateral to or affecting a contract that violates limitations established by the bill on the use of workers' compensation insurance experience modifier values in soliciting and awarding such public construction contracts. These limitations include the following prohibitions:

·        with respect to a contract, an offer to contract may not include a term requiring a person to have a specified experience modifier in order to accept the offer and a contract solicitation may not require a person to have a specified experience modifier in order to submit a response to the solicitation; and

·        a contract or an agreement collateral to or affecting a contract may not require the contractor to have a specified experience modifier.