88R249 RDS-D     By: Herrero H.B. No. 4268       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the period during which an employee may file a claim for   unpaid wages with the Texas Workforce Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 61.051(c), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  A wage claim must be filed not later than the first   anniversary of [180th day after] the date the wages claimed became   due for payment. The filing [180-day] deadline is a matter of   jurisdiction.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section   61.051, Labor Code, applies to a wage claim filed under Subchapter   D, Chapter 61, Labor Code, for wages that become due for payment on   or after March 5, 2023. A wage claim for wages that became due for   payment before that date is governed by the law in effect   immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.