Bill Text: TX HB5119 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of employment assistance services to individuals of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB5119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5119-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales of Harris | H.B. No. 5119 | |
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| relating to the provision of employment assistance services to | ||
| individuals of all gender identities and sexual orientations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 302.00351 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 302.00351. PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE | ||
| SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES AND SEXUAL | ||
| ORIENTATIONS. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Gender identity" means having or being perceived | ||
| as having a gender-related identity, appearance, expression, or | ||
| behavior, regardless of whether that identity, appearance, | ||
| expression, or behavior is different from that commonly associated | ||
| with the individual's actual or perceived sex assigned or | ||
| designated at birth. | ||
| (2) "Sexual orientation" means the actual or perceived | ||
| status of an individual with respect to the individual's sexuality. | ||
| (b) The commission shall provide employment assistance | ||
| services, including skills training, job placement, and other | ||
| employment-related services, to individuals of all gender | ||
| identities and sexual orientations. | ||
| (c) The commission shall provide training to and | ||
| collaborate with local workforce development boards to ensure that | ||
| individuals of all gender identities and sexual orientations have | ||
| access to, and are able to fully participate in, workforce | ||
| development programs, including job placement and other | ||
| employment-related services provided by the boards. | ||
| (d) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
| donations from any public or private source and legislative | ||
| appropriations for the purposes of this section. To the extent | ||
| permitted by federal law, the commission may use money from job | ||
| training funds to implement the requirements of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
