The bill now goes back to the Texas Senate since the version passed by the House makes some minor changes to the version passed by the upper chamber two weeks ago.
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered at a Central Texas Allied Health Institute clinic in March 2021.The bill has to clear a procedural hurdle before it goes back to the Texas Senate since the version passed by the House makes some minor changes to the version passed by the upper chamber two weeks ago.“This bill protects employees’ rights to not be vaccinated and yet maintain their ability to work and to apply for jobs,” Leach said.
“My intent as the author of the bill is that the workforce commission would take an approach that would deter companies from enforcing or adopting these policies,” Leach said.The proposal is championed by Gov. Greg Abbott, who included it in his call for the third special legislative session. "Texas is the envy of the nation, in large part, due to our light tax and regulatory climate," Hamer said."Penalizing employers $50,000 for certain operational decisions as a first time offense could endanger the survival of impacted small businesses."Most Texas House Democrats voted against the measure.
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