TITLE: Relating to the authority of a business to establish certain employee-related groups or practices.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of a business to establish certain employee-related groups or practices.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of a business to establish certain employee-related groups or practices. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by adding Chapter 121 to read as follows: CHAPTER 121. EMPLOYEE-RELATED GROUPS AND PRACTICES Sec. 121.001. AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEE-RELATED GROUPS AND PRACTICES. A business may establish and permit the establishment of: (1) an employee-related group or organization, including an employee resource group or labor union; and (2) employee-inclusionary practices as part of its business operations or business model. Sec. 121.002. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS. Notwithstanding any other law, a business is not liable to any person, including any public or private entity, based solely on the establishment or existence of an employee resource group, labor union, or other employee-related group or organization or employee-inclusionary practices. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.