87R5790 MWC-D     By: Gates H.B. No. 1872       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of certain disease detection devices in public   schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 38.043 to read as follows:          Sec. 38.043.  CERTAIN MANDATORY DETECTION DEVICES   PROHIBITED. (a)  In this section:                (1)  "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus   disease.                (2)  "COVID-19 detection device" means a device worn on   a student's body designed and used for the purpose of:                      (A)  detecting the student's temperature;                      (B)  detecting the presence of COVID-19 symptoms;   or                      (C)  tracing the student's contact with other   individuals infected with COVID-19.          (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may   not require a student to use a COVID-19 detection device at any time   during the school day or at any activity sponsored by the district   or school.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022   school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2021.