Text of TX HB 1206 (2005)

79R4773 KSD-F By: Thompson H.B. No. 1206 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination in applications for employment and employment interviews. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended by adding Section 21.0515 to read as follows: Sec. 21.0515. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS. (a) An employer commits an unlawful employment practice if the employer: (1) as a condition for consideration for employment: (A) requires an applicant for employment to disclose in an application form the sexual orientation of the applicant; or (B) in the course of an interview with an applicant for employment, requests the applicant to disclose the sexual orientation of the applicant; or (2) asks a person other than the applicant, including a former employer of the applicant, to offer an assessment of the applicant's genuine or perceived sexual orientation. (b) This section does not apply to: (1) an organization that meets the standards for qualification as a religious organization under Section 11.20, Tax Code; or (2) a school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution that: (A) is not described by Section 11.20, Tax Code, but that is wholly or substantially controlled, managed, owned, or supported by an organization described by Subdivision (1); or (B) has a curriculum directed toward the propagation of a particular religion. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.