FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION

March 5, 2021

 

HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1__ to HOUSE BILL 268, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Representative Dayan Hochman-Vigil

    1. Strike House Labor, Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee Amendments 1 and 7.

    2. On page 2, lines 8 and 9, strike "January 31, 2023" and insert in lieu thereof "the end of the state of public health emergency related to the coronavirus disease 2019, as declared by the governor, if the presumption in Subsection B of this section applies and is not rebutted pursuant to Subsection C of this section".

    3. On page 3, lines 7 through 13, strike Subsection D in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsection:

         "D. As used in this section, "essential employee" means first responders, medical personnel, teachers, construction trade workers, other employees who work at care centers for the coronavirus disease 2019 and others whose work brings them into repeated and direct personal contact with those diagnosed with the coronavirus disease 2019; provided that the employee was required to work at the physical location of employment at any time up to fourteen days prior to the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019."".

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