TITLE: Relating to a prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

SUMMARY: Relating to a prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. 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. PROHIBITED COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES. (a) The state or a political subdivision of this state, including a public school district, an open-enrollment charter school, or public health authority may not implement, order, or otherwise impose a mandate requiring an individual to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a health care facility owned or operated by a political subdivision of this state may require an employee or applicant for employment to provide documentation certifying the employee's or applicant's COVID-19 vaccination to be employed by the facility. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.