TITLE: Relating to a prohibition on receipt of state money by businesses that implement COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

SUMMARY: Relating to a prohibition on receipt of state money by businesses that implement COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a prohibition on receipt of state money by businesses that implement COVID-19 vaccination requirements. 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 161.0086 to read as follows: Sec. 161.0086. PROHIBITED RECEIPT OF STATE MONEY BY CERTAIN BUSINESSES. (a) In this section, "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus disease. (b) A business in this state that requires the business's customers, employees, vendors, or contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is not eligible to receive state grant money or enter into a contract payable with state money. SECTION 2. Section 161.0086, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a state grant awarded to or a contract entered into by a business in this state on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.