Monitoring the SessionHB 949
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to an employee's right to privacy of personal health information; providing a civil penalty.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Unless state or federal law requires it. No punishing workers for it.
The bill gives Texas workers a right to keep their personal health information from their employer unless state or federal law requires them to share it. It covers every employer with at least one employee, including government employers, and bars them from punishing or discriminating against a worker who uses that right. Workers can file complaints with the Texas Workforce Commission, and the attorney general can sue employers for a $50,000 civil penalty per violation, starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 138 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 138 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development subcommittee on Workforce. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB949 · 2024-11-12
relating to an employee's right to privacy of personal health information; providing a civil penalty.
Unless state or federal law requires it. No punishing workers for it.
The bill gives Texas workers a right to keep their personal health information from their employer unless state or federal law requires them to share it. It covers every employer with at least one employee, including government employers, and bars them from punishing or discriminating against a worker who uses that right. Workers can file complaints with the Texas Workforce Commission, and the attorney general can sue employers for a $50,000 civil penalty per violation, starting September 1, 2025.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Mar 25, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$32,500.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jul 10, 2024 to Jun 27, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101005773, 101012329.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$32,500.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jul 10, 2024 to Jun 27, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101005773, 101012329.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Toth, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Feb 23, 2023: Referred to International Relations & Economic Development
Relating to an employee's right to privacy of personal health information; providing a civil penalty.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/06/2025 H Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker: Mar 6 2025 11:42AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee
Health--Privacy/Use of Information
Labor--Health & Safety
Labor--Management Relations
WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS
The text as introduced · 328 words
By: Toth H.B. No. 949 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an employee's right to privacy of personal health information; providing a civil penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by adding Chapter 25 to read as follows: CHAPTER 25. PRIVACY OF PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION Sec. 25.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission. (2) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by an employer for compensation. (3) "Employer" means a person who employs one or more employees. The term includes a public employer. Sec. 25.002. RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION. (a) An employee has the right to keep the employee's personal health information private and is not required to disclose that information to the employee's employer unless the disclosure is required by state or federal law. (b) An employer may not take an adverse employment action or discriminate against an employee who exercises the right described by Subsection (a). Sec. 25.003. COMPLAINT; ENFORCEMENT. (a) An employee aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may file a claim with the commission in the manner prescribed by Chapter 21. A complaint filed under this section is subject to Subchapters E and F, Chapter 21. (b) The commission shall enforce this chapter in accordance with Chapter 21. Sec. 25.004. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) An employer who violates an employee's right prescribed by this chapter is liable for a civil penalty in the amount of $50,000 for each violation. Civil penalties assessed under this chapter shall be deposited in the general revenue fund. (b) The attorney general may bring an action to collect the civil penalty imposed under Subsection (a). SECTION 2. Chapter 25, Labor Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an adverse employment practice that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.