Bill Text: TX HB619 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 619 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to damages in certain claims involving sexual assault or sexual harassment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-08 - Considered in Calendars [HB619 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB619-Comm_Sub.html

	86R19521 LED-D

	By: Neave	H.B. No. 619

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 619:

	By: Davis of Dallas	C.S.H.B. No. 619



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to damages in certain claims involving sexual assault or
	sexual harassment.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 21.2585, Labor Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (f), (f-1), and
	(f-2) to read as follows:
	(d) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the [~~The~~] sum of
	the amount of compensatory damages awarded under this section for
	future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience,
	mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other nonpecuniary
	losses and the amount of punitive damages awarded under this
	section may not exceed, for each complainant:
	(1) $50,000 in the case of a respondent that has fewer
	than 101 employees;
	(2) $100,000 in the case of a respondent that has more
	than 100 and fewer than 201 employees;
	(3) $200,000 in the case of a respondent that has more
	than 200 and fewer than 501 employees; and
	(4) $300,000 in the case of a respondent that has more
	than 500 employees.
	(f) Subsection (d) does not apply to an action involving:
	(1) sexual assault;
	(2) an unlawful employment practice based on sex in
	violation of this chapter; or
	(3) retaliation that violates Section 21.055 in
	connection with an unlawful employment practice based on sex in
	violation of this chapter.
	(f-1) For purposes of Subsection (f), "sexual assault"
	means conduct described by Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code.
	(f-2) An action described by Subsection (f) is subject to
	Section 41.008, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
	action that is filed before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law applicable to the action immediately before the
	effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.