By: Slaton H.B. No. 33
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a prohibition on certain companies and hospitals from
  requiring employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination; creating a
  criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by
  adding Chapter 24 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 24. CERTAIN EMPLOYER-REQUIRED VACCINATIONS PROHIBITED
         Sec. 24.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Company" has the meaning assigned by Section
  808.001, Government Code.
               (2)  "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus
  disease.
               (3)  "Hospital" means a health facility that is
  licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code.
               (4)  "License" means a license, certificate,
  registration, permit, or other authorization that:
                     (A)  is issued by a state agency or political
  subdivision; and
                     (B)  a company must obtain to engage in a
  particular business or occupation.
               (5)  "Political subdivision" means a county,
  municipality, school district, special purpose district, or other
  subdivision of state government that has jurisdiction limited to a
  geographic portion of the state.
               (6)  "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section
  609.001, Government Code.
         Sec. 24.002.  OFFENSE; PENALTIES. (a) A company or hospital
  commits an offense if the company or hospital requires, as a
  condition of employment, an employee to receive a COVID-19
  vaccination.
         (b)  Each employee required to receive a vaccination is a
  separate offense under Subsection (a).
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
         (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, a company that is
  convicted of an offense under this section is not eligible to hold a
  license until the fifth anniversary of the date of the conviction.
  A state agency or political subdivision shall revoke a license
  issued to a company that is ineligible to hold the license under
  this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.