Bill Text: TX HB3030 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required verification of the employment history of certain job applicants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB3030 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3030-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson of Dallas | H.B. No. 3030 |
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relating to required verification of the employment history of | ||
certain job applicants. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 3, Labor Code, is amended by adding Chapter | ||
106 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 106. EMPLOYER HIRING PRACTICES | ||
Sec. 106.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Applicant" means an individual who has made an | ||
oral or written application with an employer, or has sent a resume | ||
or other correspondence to an employer, indicating an interest in | ||
employment. | ||
(2) "Employer" means a person who employs one or more | ||
employees. | ||
Sec. 106.002. REQUIRED VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY | ||
FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS. If the job duties of the position for which | ||
an applicant is applying require or may require entry into a | ||
person's residence, the prospective employer shall verify the | ||
applicant's employment history before extending an offer of | ||
employment for that position. | ||
Sec. 106.003. LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER. An employer is liable | ||
in a civil action for personal injury, death, or any other damages: | ||
(1) caused by an employee who was extended an offer of | ||
employment in violation of Section 106.002; and | ||
(2) that occurred in connection with the employee | ||
entering the residence of a person in the course of employment. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 106.002, Labor Code, as added by this | ||
Act, applies only to an offer of employment made on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 106.003, Labor Code, as added by this | ||
Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |