April 5, 2019      2:46 PM

Despite setbacks, Sen. Creighton presses forward with ban on government mandated paid sick leave

Question lingers over whether the bills should explicitly protect nondiscrimination ordinances; Creighton argues the legislation narrow and limited to employment practices

The progeny of Senate Bill 15 – four bills informally known as “Creighton’s 4” – passed Senate State Affairs Thursday but not without continued opposition.

Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, was carrying what many felt would be  slam-dunk city preemption bill of this session, in the tradition of the Uber/Lyft bill. But a last-minute substitute derailed Senate Bill 15 as it headed into committee last month, and the only way to revive the effort was to break the bill into four smaller ones that stopped cities from dictating or limiting private business in various employment practices.

Creighton, laying out his four bills, said cities needed to be reined for the sake of the Texas economy, which had flourished under a “light touch, low tax” mantra.

By Kimberly Reeves

Copyright April 05, 2019, Harvey Kronberg, www.quorumreport.com, All rights are reserved