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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis |
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of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 301, Property Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 301.0045 to read to read as follows: |
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Sec. 301.0045. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HAIR TEXTURE OR |
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PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE OR COVERINGS. (a) In this section, |
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"protective hairstyle or coverings" means a hairstyle, facial hair |
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style, or head covering necessitated by, or resulting from, the |
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characteristics of a hair texture, hairstyle, facial hair style, or |
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head covering commonly associated with race, religion, national |
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origin, ethnicity, or culture, and includes but is not limited to |
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afros, bantu knots, braids, burqas, cornrows, curls, locs, |
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headscarves, hijabs, pagri, twits, or hair that is tightly coiled |
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or tightly curled. |
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(b) A provision in this chapter, other than a provision in |
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Subchapter I, referring to discrimination because of or on the |
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basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or on |
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includes discrimination because of or on the basis of a person's |
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hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically |
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associated with race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or |
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culture. |
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SECTION 2. Section 301.0045, Property Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a discriminatory housing practice that |
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occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |