87R3612 RDS-D     By: Neave, Button, Hunter, Swanson, Minjarez, H.B. No. 21       et al.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the statute of limitations applicable to a sexual   harassment complaint filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.201(g), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (g)  If a perfected complaint is not received by the   commission within 180 days of the alleged unlawful employment   practice or, for a complaint alleging sexual harassment, within 300   days of the alleged sexual harassment, the commission shall notify   the respondent that a complaint has been filed and that the process   of perfecting the complaint is in progress.          SECTION 2.  Section 21.202, Labor Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A] complaint   under this subchapter must be filed not later than the 180th day   after the date the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.          (a-1)  A complaint under this subchapter alleging sexual   harassment must be filed not later than the 300th day after the date   the alleged sexual harassment occurred.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a sexual harassment complaint based on conduct occurring on or   after the effective date of this Act. A sexual harassment complaint   that is based on conduct occurring before that date is governed by   the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the former   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.