December
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
November
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
October
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
September
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
August
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
July
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
June
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
May
Labor and Industry
Bill
Senate Bill 1384 (2023-2024)
Summary
Modifies labor policy provisions; relates to state government; modifies building codes, occupational safety and health, and employment law.
Enacted
05/26/2023
Effective Date
07/01/2023
Topics
Leave_laws: Sick; Prohibited_Practices: Retaliation; Workplace_Behavior: Health, Safety
Family and Medical Benefits
Bill
House Bill 2 (2023-2024)
Summary
Provides for paid family, bonding, and serious medical condition benefits; regulates and requires certain employment leaves; authorizes income tax withholdings and imposes taxes; authorizes penalties; classifies data; authorizes rulemaking; appropriates funds.
Enacted
05/25/2023
Effective Date
05/26/2023, 07/01/2023, 08/01/2023, 07/01/2024, 07/01/2025, 11/01/2025, 01/01/2026
Topics
Claims_and_Penalties: Attorney_fees, Backpay, Civil_action, Costs, Damages, Equitable_relief, Expert_witness_fees, Interest, Liens, Penalty, Reinstatement; Employee_obligation: Notice; Employer_Obligations: Notice, Posting_requirement, Recordkeeping, Reporting_required; Reinstatement; Industry: Successor_employer; Leave_laws: Bonding, Domestic_violence, Family, Medical, Military, Parental, Pregnancy, Pregnancy_loss, Safe, Sexual_assault, Stalking; Prohibited_Practices: Retaliation; Wage_Payment: Wage_statement
Human Services
Bill
Senate Bill 2934 (2023-2024)
Summary
Relates to human services; modifies provisions governing disability services, aging services, health care, behavioral health, substance use disorder, the Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program, human services licensing, and direct care and treatment; establishes the Department of Direct Care and Treatment; establishes certain grants; appropriates funds; establishes the Home Care Orientation Trust; relates to remote overnight supervision of community residential settings.
Enacted
05/24/2023
Effective Date
07/01/2023
Topics
Employer_Obligations: Reporting_required; Employment_relations: Disabled_employee; Industry: Community_service, In-home_services; Wage_and_Hour: Minimum_wage, Subminimum_wage
Labor and Industry
Bill
Senate Bill 10 (2023-2024)
Summary
Provides that an owner or operator of a petroleum refinery shall, when contracting with contractors for the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, maintenance, or hazardous material handling work at the site of the petroleum refinery, require that the contractors performing that work, and any subcontractors of any tier, use a skilled and trained workforce when performing that work at the site of the petroleum refinery.
Enacted
05/02/2023
Effective Date
01/01/2024
Topics
Claims_and_Penalties: Civil_action, Fines; Employment_relations: Apprentice, Staffing; Industry: Petroleum_refinery, Subcontractors
April
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
March
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
February
Juneteenth
Bill
Senate Bill 13
Summary
Provides that specified date of each year is designated Juneteenth in recognition of the historical pronouncement of the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865, when the Emancipation Proclamation was said to have been first publicly read in Texas by Union soldiers led by General Granger; recognizes this date as a State holiday.
Enacted
02/03/2023
Effective Date
08/01/2023
Topics
Leave_laws: Holidays, Juneteenth
January
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.