- December
- November
- October
- September
- State Preemption of Municipal and County Regulations
- Powers and Duties of the State Workforce Commission
- Penalties of the Employment of Children
- Regulation of Group Family Leave Insurance
- Benefits for Certain First Responders
- Line of Duty Illness or Injury Leave for Sheriffs
- Age Limit for Position in a Police Department
- Occupational Drivers Licenses
- Hair Texture or Protective Hairstyle Discrimination
- Access to Criminal History Record
- Adoption of a Mental Health Leave Policy
- State Employment Preference
- Compensatory Time Off for Certain State Employees
- Paid Leave By Certain State Employees
- August
- July
- June
- State Employment Preference
- Paid Leave By Certain State Employees
- Adoption of a Mental Health Leave Policy
- State Preemption of Municipal and County Regulations
- Powers and Duties of the State Workforce Commission
- Penalties of the Employment of Children
- Regulation of Group Family Leave Insurance
- Benefits for Certain First Responders
- Line of Duty Illness or Injury Leave for Sheriffs
- Age Limit for Position in a Police Department
- Occupational Drivers Licenses
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
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
State Preemption of Municipal and County Regulations
Bill
House Bill 2127 (2023)
Summary
Relates to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
06/14/2023
Topics
Employment_relations: Work_schedule; Government: Local_authority; Wage_and_Hour: Benefits, Wage_and_hour
Powers and Duties of the State Workforce Commission
Bill
House Bill 2975 (2023)
Summary
Relates to Powers and duties of the State Workforce Commission with respect to work and family policies; provides that the commission shall maintain on its Internet website information and resources for employers who are considering, selecting, or implementing work and family policies, together with an explanation that the commission does not and may not provide legal advice and an employer is not required by law to implement a work and family policy included on the commission’s website.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Government: Dept_of_Labor
Penalties of the Employment of Children
Bill
House Bill 2459 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the administration of violations and administrative penalties of the Employment of Children.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Claims_and_Penalties: Administrative, Penalty; Wage_and_Hour: Child_labor
Regulation of Group Family Leave Insurance
Bill
House Bill 1996 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the regulation of group family leave insurance issued through an employer to pay for certain losses of income.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Benefits for Certain First Responders
Bill
House Bill 471 (2023)
Summary
Provides that a political subdivision shall provide to a firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical services personnel a leave of absence for an illness or injury related to the person’s line of duty; provides that at the end of the leave of absence, the governing body of the political subdivision may extend the leave of absence at full or reduced pay.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
06/12/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Line of Duty Illness or Injury Leave for Sheriffs
Bill
House Bill 995 (2023)
Summary
Relates to sheriff’s department disability leave in certain counties; states that a county shall provide to an employee a leave of absence for an illness or injury related to the employee’s activities performed in the line of duty; provides that the leave is with full pay for a period commensurate with the nature of the line of duty illness or injury.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
06/10/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Age Limit for Position in a Police Department
Bill
House Bill 1661 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the age limit for a beginning position in a police department under municipal civil service.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Employee_obligation: Driver_license
Occupational Drivers Licenses
Bill
House Bill 291 (2023)
Summary
Relates to occupational driver’s licenses and to the renewal of driver’s licenses; provides that a person is eligible to apply occupational driver’s license if the person’s whose license has been suspended, revoked, or canceled for a cause other than a physical or mental disability or impairment.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Employee_obligation: Driver_license
Hair Texture or Protective Hairstyle Discrimination
Bill
House Bill 567 (2023)
Summary
Relates to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race; provides that an employer, labor union, or employment agency commits an unlawful employment practice if the employer, labor union, or employment agency adopts or enforces a dress or grooming policy that discriminates against a hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Prohibited_Practices: Discrimination, Hairstyles, Race
Access to Criminal History Record
Bill
Senate Bill 1112 (2023)
Summary
Provides that the Public Utility Commission is entitled to obtain from the Department of Public Safety criminal history record information that relates to a person undergoing a background and criminal history check; provides that criminal history record information is for the exclusive use of the Commission and is privileged and confidential and may not be released or disclosed to any person or agency except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the information.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Employer_Obligations: Background_checks, Criminal_history; Industry: Utility
Adoption of a Mental Health Leave Policy
Bill
House Bill 1486 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain telecommunicators; provides that each law enforcement agency, and each agency of the State or of a political subdivision of the State that employs a full-time telecommunicator, shall develop and adopt a policy allowing the use of mental health leave by the peace officers and full-time telecommunicators, as applicable, employed by the agency who experience a traumatic event in the scope of that employment.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
State Employment Preference
Bill
Senate Bill 1376 (2023)
Summary
Provides that specified individuals qualify for a military employment preference, including but not limited to the spouse of a member of the United States Armed Forces or Texas National Guard serving on active duty and the spouse of a veteran if the spouse is the primary source of income for the household and the veteran has a total disability rating based either on having a service-connected disability with a disability rating of at least a specified percent or on individual unemployability.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Compensatory Time Off for Certain State Employees
Bill
Senate Bill 2214 (2023)
Summary
Relates to compensatory time off for certain State employees; provides that specified State employees who are required to work on a holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked on the holiday, including an employee of the Department of Family and Protective Services in the Statewide Intake Division who receives reports of abuse or neglect and an employee of the Department of Public Safety, under certain conditions.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Paid Leave By Certain State Employees
Bill
Senate Bill 222 (2023)
Summary
Relates to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child; applies only to a state employee who is a member of the Employees Retirement System of Texas or is employed by a board, commission, department, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the constitution or a statute of this state, except for an institution of higher education.
Enacted
09/14/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
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
State Employment Preference
Bill
Senate Bill 1376 (2023)
Summary
Provides that specified individuals qualify for a military employment preference, including but not limited to the spouse of a member of the United States Armed Forces or Texas National Guard serving on active duty and the spouse of a veteran if the spouse is the primary source of income for the household and the veteran has a total disability rating based either on having a service-connected disability with a disability rating of at least a specified percent or on individual unemployability.
Enacted
06/18/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Paid Leave By Certain State Employees
Bill
Senate Bill 222 (2023)
Summary
Relates to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child; applies only to a state employee who is a member of the Employees Retirement System of Texas or is employed by a board, commission, department, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the constitution or a statute of this state, except for an institution of higher education.
Enacted
06/18/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Adoption of a Mental Health Leave Policy
Bill
House Bill 1486 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain telecommunicators; provides that each law enforcement agency, and each agency of the State or of a political subdivision of the State that employs a full-time telecommunicator, shall develop and adopt a policy allowing the use of mental health leave by the peace officers and full-time telecommunicators, as applicable, employed by the agency who experience a traumatic event in the scope of that employment.
Enacted
06/18/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
State Preemption of Municipal and County Regulations
Bill
House Bill 2127 (2023)
Summary
Relates to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation.
Enacted
06/14/2023
Effective Date
06/14/2023
Topics
Employment_relations: Work_schedule; Government: Local_authority; Wage_and_Hour: Benefits, Wage_and_hour
Powers and Duties of the State Workforce Commission
Bill
House Bill 2975 (2023)
Summary
Relates to Powers and duties of the State Workforce Commission with respect to work and family policies; provides that the commission shall maintain on its Internet website information and resources for employers who are considering, selecting, or implementing work and family policies, together with an explanation that the commission does not and may not provide legal advice and an employer is not required by law to implement a work and family policy included on the commission’s website.
Enacted
06/13/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Claims_and_Penalties: Administrative, Penalty; Wage_and_Hour: Child_labor
Penalties of the Employment of Children
Bill
House Bill 2459 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the administration of violations and administrative penalties of the Employment of Children.
Enacted
06/12/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Claims_and_Penalties: Administrative, Penalty; Wage_and_Hour: Child_labor
Regulation of Group Family Leave Insurance
Bill
House Bill 1996 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the regulation of group family leave insurance issued through an employer to pay for certain losses of income.
Enacted
06/12/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Leave_laws: Family, Insurance_rider, Medical; Wage_and_Hour: Benefits
Benefits for Certain First Responders
Bill
House Bill 471 (2023)
Summary
Provides that a political subdivision shall provide to a firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical services personnel a leave of absence for an illness or injury related to the person’s line of duty; provides that at the end of the leave of absence, the governing body of the political subdivision may extend the leave of absence at full or reduced pay.
Enacted
06/12/2023
Effective Date
06/12/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Line of Duty Illness or Injury Leave for Sheriffs
Bill
House Bill 995 (2023)
Summary
Relates to sheriff’s department disability leave in certain counties; states that a county shall provide to an employee a leave of absence for an illness or injury related to the employee’s activities performed in the line of duty; provides that the leave is with full pay for a period commensurate with the nature of the line of duty illness or injury.
Enacted
06/10/2023
Effective Date
06/10/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Age Limit for Position in a Police Department
Bill
House Bill 1661 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the age limit for a beginning position in a police department under municipal civil service.
Enacted
06/09/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Occupational Drivers Licenses
Bill
House Bill 291 (2023)
Summary
Relates to occupational driver’s licenses and to the renewal of driver’s licenses; provides that a person is eligible to apply occupational driver’s license if the person’s whose license has been suspended, revoked, or canceled for a cause other than a physical or mental disability or impairment.
Enacted
06/09/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Employee_obligation: Driver_license
May
Hair Texture or Protective Hairstyle Discrimination
Bill
House Bill 567 (2023)
Summary
Relates to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race; provides that an employer, labor union, or employment agency commits an unlawful employment practice if the employer, labor union, or employment agency adopts or enforces a dress or grooming policy that discriminates against a hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race.
Enacted
05/27/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Prohibited_Practices: Discrimination, Hairstyles, Race
Workplace Violence Prevention
Bill
Senate Bill 240 (2023)
Summary
Relates to workplace violence prevention in certain health facilities; provides that each facility shall establish a workplace violence prevention committee or authorize an existing facility committee to develop the workplace violence prevention plan.
Enacted
05/25/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Claims_and_Penalties: Administrative; Employer_Obligations: Committee, Policy_requirement, Workplace_violence; Industry: Community_service, Emergency_services, Health_care_facility, Hospitals, In-home_services, Surgical_center; Prohibited_Practices: Retaliation
Access to Criminal History Record
Bill
Senate Bill 1112 (2023)
Summary
Provides that the Public Utility Commission is entitled to obtain from the Department of Public Safety criminal history record information that relates to a person undergoing a background and criminal history check; provides that criminal history record information is for the exclusive use of the Commission and is privileged and confidential and may not be released or disclosed to any person or agency except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the information.
Enacted
05/23/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Employer_Obligations: Background_checks, Criminal_history; Industry: Utility
Compensatory Time Off for Certain State Employees
Bill
Senate Bill 2214 (2023)
Summary
Relates to compensatory time off for certain State employees; provides that specified State employees who are required to work on a holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked on the holiday, including an employee of the Department of Family and Protective Services in the Statewide Intake Division who receives reports of abuse or neglect and an employee of the Department of Public Safety, under certain conditions.
Enacted
05/19/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Workplace Violence Prevention
Bill
Senate Bill 240 (2023)
Summary
Relates to workplace violence prevention in certain health facilities; provides that each facility shall establish a workplace violence prevention committee or authorize an existing facility committee to develop the workplace violence prevention plan.
Enacted
05/15/2023
Effective Date
09/01/2023
Topics
Claims_and_Penalties: Administrative; Employer_Obligations: Committee, Policy_requirement, Workplace_violence; Industry: Community_service, Emergency_services, Health_care_facility, Hospitals, In-home_services, Surgical_center; Prohibited_Practices: Retaliation
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
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
January
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.