Bill Text: TX HB4165 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4165 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4165-Introduced.html
| 87R4821 SRA-D | ||
| By: Minjarez | H.B. No. 4165 | |
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| relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to | ||
| settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain | ||
| members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state | ||
| government. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 5, Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Chapter 576 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 576. PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO SETTLE OR PAY | ||
| SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS | ||
| Sec. 576.0001. PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO | ||
| SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS. The legislature may not | ||
| appropriate money and a state agency may not use appropriated money | ||
| to settle or otherwise pay a sexual harassment claim made against an | ||
| elected member of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of | ||
| state government or a person appointed by the governor to serve as a | ||
| member of a department, commission, board, or other public office | ||
| within the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state | ||
| government. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
