89R5763 DNC-D     By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1362       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to eligibility for unemployment compensation for   employees who leave the workplace due to sexual harassment.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 207.046(a), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  An individual is not disqualified for benefits under   this subchapter if:                (1)  the work-related reason for the individual's   separation from employment was urgent, compelling, and necessary so   as to make the separation involuntary;                (2)  the individual leaves the workplace to protect the   individual from family violence or stalking or the individual or a   member of the individual's immediate family from violence related   to a sexual assault as evidenced by:                      (A)  an active or recently issued protective order   documenting sexual assault of the individual or a member of the   individual's immediate family or family violence against, or the   stalking of, the individual or the potential for family violence   against, or the stalking of, the individual;                      (B)  a police record documenting sexual assault of   the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or   family violence against, or the stalking of, the individual;                      (C)  a physician's statement or other medical   documentation that describes the sexual assault of the individual   or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence   against the individual that:                            (i)  is recorded in any form or medium that   identifies the individual or member of the individual's immediate   family, as applicable, as the patient; and                            (ii)  relates to the history, diagnosis,   treatment, or prognosis of the patient; or                      (D)  written documentation from a family violence   center or rape crisis center that describes the sexual assault of   the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or   family violence against the individual;                (3)  the individual leaves the workplace to care for   the individual's terminally ill spouse as evidenced by a   physician's statement or other medical documentation, but only if   no reasonable, alternative care was available; [or]                (4)  the individual's separation from employment was   caused by the individual being called to provide:                      (A)  service in the uniformed services, as defined   by 38 U.S.C. Section 4303; or                      (B)  service in the Texas military forces, as   defined by Section 437.001, Government Code; or                (5)  the individual leaves the workplace because of   sexual harassment, but only if the individual:                      (A)  reported the sexual harassment to:                            (i)  the individual's employer; or                            (ii)  a law enforcement agency; or                      (B)  filed a sexual harassment complaint with the   commission under Chapter 21 or with the federal Equal Employment   Opportunity Commission.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the   Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this   Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and   the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.