87R9623 JSC-D
 
  By: Noble H.B. No. 1687
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to the
  COVID-19 vaccine.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended by adding
  Subchapter H-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER H-1. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON COVID-19 VACCINATION
  STATUS
         Sec. 21.421.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "COVID-19"
  means the 2019 novel coronavirus disease.
         Sec. 21.422.  PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON COVID-19
  VACCINATION STATUS. (a) An employer commits an unlawful employment
  practice if the employer fails or refuses to hire, discharges, or
  otherwise discriminates against an individual with respect to the
  compensation or the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment
  because the individual has not received a COVID-19 vaccine.
         (b)  A labor organization commits an unlawful employment
  practice if the labor organization excludes or expels from
  membership or otherwise discriminates against an individual
  because the individual has not received a COVID-19 vaccine.
         (c)  An employment agency commits an unlawful employment
  practice if the employment agency classifies or refers for
  employment, fails or refuses to refer for employment, or otherwise
  discriminates against an individual because the individual has not
  received a COVID-19 vaccine.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an unlawful employment practice that occurs on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.