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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employment discrimination training for members of the |
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legislature and state or legislative employees and interns. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.010, Labor Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 21.010. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION TRAINING FOR STATE |
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EMPLOYEES AND UNPAID INTERNS. (a) Each state agency shall provide |
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to employees and unpaid interns of the agency an employment |
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discrimination training program that complies with this section. |
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(b) The training program must provide the employee or unpaid |
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intern with information regarding the agency's policies and |
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procedures relating to employment discrimination, including |
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employment discrimination involving sexual harassment. |
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(c) Each employee of a state agency shall attend the |
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training program required by this section not later than the 30th |
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day after the date the employee is hired by the agency and shall |
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attend supplemental training every two years. An unpaid intern |
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shall attend the training program required by this section not |
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later than the 30th day after the date the internship begins. |
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(d) [The commission shall develop materials for use by state
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agencies in providing employment discrimination training as
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required by this section.
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[(e)] Each state agency shall require an employee or unpaid |
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intern of the agency who attends a training program required by this |
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section to sign a statement verifying the employee's or intern's |
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attendance at the training program. The agency shall file the |
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statement in the employee's or intern's personnel file. |
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(e) Section 21.1065(c) applies to a determination of |
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whether an individual is an unpaid intern for purposes of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended |
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by adding Sections 21.011 and 21.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.011. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION TRAINING FOR |
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LEGISLATORS AND LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES AND UNPAID INTERNS. (a) |
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Each house of the legislature shall provide to members of that house |
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and to employees and unpaid interns of that house an employment |
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discrimination training program that complies with this section. |
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(b) The training program must provide the member, employee, |
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or unpaid intern with information regarding the policies and |
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procedures of the applicable house of the legislature that relate |
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to employment discrimination, including employment discrimination |
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involving sexual harassment. |
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(c) An individual elected to be a member of the legislature |
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shall attend the training program required by this section: |
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(1) not earlier than the day following the date of the |
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November general election that precedes the convening of each |
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regular session of the legislature for which the individual is |
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elected; and |
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(2) not later than February 1 of the year in which that |
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regular session is convened. |
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(d) Each employee of a house of the legislature shall attend |
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the training program required by this section not later than the |
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30th day after the date the employee is hired by the house and shall |
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attend supplemental training every two years. An unpaid intern |
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shall attend the training program required by this section not |
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later than the 30th day after the date the internship begins. |
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(e) The presiding officer of each house of the legislature |
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shall require each member of that house who attends a training |
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program required by this section to sign a statement verifying the |
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member's attendance at the training program. The presiding officer |
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shall maintain each statement. |
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(f) Each house of the legislature shall require an employee |
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or unpaid intern of that house who attends a training program |
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required by this section to sign a statement verifying the |
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employee's or intern's attendance at the training program. The |
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applicable house shall maintain each statement. |
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(g) Section 21.1065(c) applies to a determination of |
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whether an individual is an unpaid intern for purposes of this |
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section. |
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Sec. 21.012. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION TRAINING MATERIALS. |
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The commission shall develop materials for use in providing the |
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employment discrimination training required by Sections 21.010 and |
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21.011. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Texas |
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Workforce Commission shall develop the training materials required |
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by Section 21.012, Labor Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, |
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the changes in law made by this Act apply only to an individual who |
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becomes a member of the legislature, an employee of a house of the |
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legislature, or an unpaid intern of a state agency or a house of the |
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legislature after October 1, 2019. |
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(c) An individual who, on October 1, 2019, is a member of the |
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legislature, an employee of a house of the legislature, or an unpaid |
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intern of a state agency or a house of the legislature shall attend |
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the applicable training program required by Section 21.010, Labor |
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Code, as amended by this Act, or Section 21.011, Labor Code, as |
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added by this Act, not later than November 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |