Bill Text: TX HB224 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to contracting with companies that boycott or discriminate against certain entities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-27 - Referred to State Affairs [HB224 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB224-Introduced.html
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| By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 224 | |
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| relating to contracting with companies that boycott or discriminate | ||
| against certain entities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Freedom of Speech | ||
| Act." | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 403.606, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 403.606. CERTAIN PERSONS INELIGIBLE. A person is not | ||
| eligible to submit an application to the comptroller or enter into | ||
| an agreement under this subchapter if the person is a company that | ||
| is listed as ineligible to receive a state contract or investment | ||
| under Chapter 808, 809, 2270, [ |
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| SECTION 3. Section 2400.0015, Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2400.0015. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply | ||
| to an investment prohibited under Chapter 808 [ |
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| SECTION 4. The following chapters of the Government Code | ||
| are repealed: | ||
| (1) Chapter 2271; | ||
| (2) Chapter 2274; and | ||
| (3) Chapter 2276. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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, 2025. | ||
