Bill Text: TX HB2743 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an annual workplace climate survey conducted by state agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB2743 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2743-Introduced.html
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By: Neave | H.B. No. 2743 |
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relating to an annual workplace climate survey conducted by state | ||
agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 651.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 651.011. ANNUAL WORKPLACE CLIMATE SURVEY. (a) In this | ||
section, "state agency" means a board, commission, council, | ||
committee, department, office, or other agency in the executive, | ||
legislative, or judicial branch of state government. The term | ||
includes an institution of higher education as defined by Section | ||
61.003, Education Code. | ||
(b) Not later than August 1 of each year, each state agency | ||
shall conduct a workplace climate survey of agency employees to | ||
gather information on the incidence of sexual harassment in the | ||
agency's workplace and means of addressing the harassment. The | ||
survey must: | ||
(1) be voluntary for participants; | ||
(2) allow participants to maintain anonymity and | ||
confidentiality of responses; and | ||
(3) be based on scientific research and workplace best | ||
practices. | ||
(c) Each state agency shall: | ||
(1) review the survey responses to identify any | ||
elements of the agency's workplace climate that may be associated | ||
with sexual harassment; and | ||
(2) make reasonable efforts to address elements | ||
identified under Subdivision (1) and reduce sexual harassment in | ||
the agency's workplace based on the responses provided in the | ||
survey. | ||
SECTION 2. A state agency is not required to comply with | ||
Section 651.011, Government Code, as added by this Act, until | ||
August 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |