87R3612 RDS-D
 
  By: Neave, Button, Hunter, Swanson, Minjarez, H.B. No. 21
      et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the statute of limitations applicable to a sexual
  harassment complaint filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.201(g), Labor Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (g)  If a perfected complaint is not received by the
  commission within 180 days of the alleged unlawful employment
  practice or, for a complaint alleging sexual harassment, within 300
  days of the alleged sexual harassment, the commission shall notify
  the respondent that a complaint has been filed and that the process
  of perfecting the complaint is in progress.
         SECTION 2.  Section 21.202, Labor Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A] complaint
  under this subchapter must be filed not later than the 180th day
  after the date the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.
         (a-1)  A complaint under this subchapter alleging sexual
  harassment must be filed not later than the 300th day after the date
  the alleged sexual harassment occurred.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a sexual harassment complaint based on conduct occurring on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A sexual harassment complaint
  that is based on conduct occurring before that date is governed by
  the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.