Bill Text: TX SB98 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the application of COVID-19 vaccine exemptions to certain employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-02 - Filed [SB98 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB98-Introduced.html
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 98 | |
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| relating to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the application of | ||
| COVID-19 vaccine exemptions to certain employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 161.0015. COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES AND EXEMPTIONS. | ||
| (a) In this section, "governmental entity" means this state, a | ||
| local government entity as defined by Section 418.004, Government | ||
| Code, or an agency of this state or a local government entity. | ||
| (b) A governmental entity may not implement, order, or | ||
| otherwise impose a mandate requiring an individual, other than an | ||
| employee of the governmental entity, to be vaccinated against | ||
| COVID-19. | ||
| (c) A governmental entity shall not deny an employee of the | ||
| governmental entity an exemption from a required COVID-19 | ||
| vaccination based on a medical condition or reasons of conscience, | ||
| including a religious belief. | ||
| (d) An individual or employee who is the subject of a | ||
| violation of Subsection (b) or (c), as applicable, may bring an | ||
| action in a district court in the county in which the violation | ||
| occurred for injunctive relief to prevent further violation of the | ||
| applicable subsection. | ||
| (e) A claimant may recover reasonable expenses incurred in | ||
| bringing an action under Subsection (d), including court costs, | ||
| attorney's fees, investigation costs, witness fees, and deposition | ||
| expenses. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 161.0015, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. | ||
