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Amend SB 247 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 82, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 82.067 to read as follows:
Sec. 82.067. CERTAIN REPRESENTATION REFUSAL PROHIBITED. (a) An attorney may not refuse to represent a person as a client based on the person's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
(b) To the extent of a conflict between this section and Section 81.02401, this section prevails.