System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.

	Amend CSHB 9 (committee printing) on page 7, between lines 15 
and 16, by inserting the following:
	Sec. 169.0046.  CONTRACTOR PREFERENCES.  An employer in 
control of a place of employment subject to this chapter may not 
award a contract, including contracts and contracts for services 
related to contracts under Chapter 2166, Government Code, to a 
proposed contractor unless the contractor offers to the 
contractor's employees a smoking cessation program to assist 
employees who smoke.