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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of governmental entities to mandate |
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COVID-19 vaccinations for entity employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 161.0055. LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY |
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AUTHORITY TO MANDATE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS FOR ENTITY EMPLOYEES. |
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(a) In this section: |
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(1) "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus |
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disease. |
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(2) "Local governmental entity" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 554.001, Government Code. |
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(3) "State governmental entity" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 554.001, Government Code. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a local governmental |
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entity or state governmental entity may, as a condition of |
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employment, require an entity employee to provide to the entity in |
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the form and manner prescribed by the entity documentation of the |
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employee's COVID-19 vaccination, including any recommended booster |
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dose of the vaccine. |
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(c) An executive order, proclamation, or regulation issued |
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under Chapter 418, Government Code, may not suspend, limit, or |
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alter this section or an employment condition established by a |
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local governmental entity or state governmental entity under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect February 1, 2022. |