Bill Text: TX SB762 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 762 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to wages and employment benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-04 - Co-author authorized [SB762 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB762-Introduced.html

	86R7799 JSC-D

	By: Campbell	S.B. No. 762



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to wages and employment benefits.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Texas Small
	Business Protection Act.
	SECTION 2. Section 62.002, Labor Code, is amended by adding
	Subdivision (8) to read as follows:
	(8) "Wages" has the meaning assigned by Section
	61.001.
	SECTION 3. Subtitle D, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by
	adding Chapter 83 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 83. PROHIBITION AGAINST LOCAL REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT
	BENEFITS
	Sec. 83.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by
	an employer for compensation.
	(2) "Employer" means a person who employs one or more
	employees.
	(3) "Employment benefit" means anything of value that
	an employee receives from an employer in addition to monetary
	compensation, including:
	(A) health, disability, retirement,
	profit-sharing, and death benefits;
	(B) group accidental death and dismemberment
	benefits; and
	(C) paid days off from work for holidays, sick
	leave, vacation, and personal necessity.
	Sec. 83.002. PROHIBITION AGAINST MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY
	REQUIRING EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. A municipality or county may not
	adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, rule, or regulation that
	requires an employer in the municipality or county to provide
	employment benefits.
	SECTION 4. Chapter 83, Labor Code, as added by this Act,
	applies to an ordinance, order, rule, or regulation adopted before,
	on, or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.