Bill Text: TX HB2524 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; providing an administrative penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2524 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2524-Introduced.html
87R8527 KSD-F | ||
By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2524 |
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relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on | ||
sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; providing an | ||
administrative penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 100B to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 100B. LIABILITY ARISING FROM DISCRIMINATION | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 100B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Aggrieved person" includes any person who: | ||
(A) claims to have been injured by a | ||
discriminatory practice; or | ||
(B) believes that he or she will be injured by a | ||
discriminatory practice that is about to occur. | ||
(2) "Discriminatory practice" means an act prohibited | ||
by this chapter. | ||
(3) "Gender identity or expression" means having or | ||
being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance, | ||
expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity, | ||
appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly | ||
associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex. | ||
(4) "Public accommodation" means a business or other | ||
entity that offers to the public food, shelter, recreation or | ||
amusement, or any other goods, service, privilege, facility, or | ||
accommodation. | ||
(5) "Religious organization" means: | ||
(A) a religious corporation, association, or | ||
society; or | ||
(B) a school, institution of higher education, or | ||
other educational institution, not otherwise a religious | ||
organization, that: | ||
(i) is wholly or substantially controlled, | ||
managed, owned, or supported by a religious organization; or | ||
(ii) has a curriculum directed toward the | ||
propagation of a particular religion. | ||
(6) "Sexual orientation" means the actual or perceived | ||
status of an individual with respect to the individual's sexuality. | ||
Sec. 100B.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b), this chapter does not apply to a | ||
religious organization. | ||
(b) This chapter applies to activities conducted by a | ||
religious organization for profit to the extent that those | ||
activities are subject to federal taxation under Section 511(a), | ||
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as that section existed on September | ||
1, 2021. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS PROHIBITED | ||
Sec. 100B.051. PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. (a) Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b), a person engages in a discriminatory | ||
practice and violates this chapter if the person, because of the | ||
sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of an | ||
individual: | ||
(1) denies that individual full and equal | ||
accommodation in any place of public accommodation in this state, | ||
subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law | ||
and applicable to all persons; or | ||
(2) otherwise discriminates against or segregates or | ||
separates the individual based on sexual orientation or gender | ||
identity or expression. | ||
(b) A person does not engage in a discriminatory practice or | ||
violate this chapter under Subsection (a) if segregation or | ||
separation of an individual is necessary to provide a service that: | ||
(1) provides acceptance, support, and understanding | ||
to the individual; | ||
(2) assists the individual with coping with the | ||
individual's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, | ||
maintaining social support, and exploring and identifying the | ||
individual's identity; or | ||
(3) provides support to an individual undergoing a | ||
gender transition. | ||
(c) The services described by Subsection (b)(2) include a | ||
sexual orientation-neutral intervention for preventing or | ||
addressing unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices if the | ||
intervention does not seek to change the individual's sexual | ||
orientation or gender identity or expression. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. CAUSE OF ACTION | ||
Sec. 100B.101. CIVIL ACTION. An aggrieved person may file a | ||
civil action in district court not later than the second | ||
anniversary of the occurrence of the termination of an alleged | ||
discriminatory practice under this chapter to obtain appropriate | ||
relief with respect to the discriminatory practice. | ||
Sec. 100B.102. RELIEF GRANTED. In an action under this | ||
subchapter, if the court finds that a discriminatory practice has | ||
occurred or is about to occur, the court may award to the plaintiff: | ||
(1) actual and punitive damages; | ||
(2) reasonable attorney's fees; | ||
(3) court costs; and | ||
(4) any permanent or temporary injunction, temporary | ||
restraining order, or other order, including an order enjoining the | ||
defendant from engaging in the practice or ordering other | ||
appropriate action. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2155.0065 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2155.0065. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BY | ||
STATE CONTRACTOR BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY OR | ||
EXPRESSION. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by | ||
a contractor or subcontractor for compensation. | ||
(2) "Gender identity or expression" means having or | ||
being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance, | ||
expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity, | ||
appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly | ||
associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex. | ||
(3) "Sexual orientation" means the actual or perceived | ||
status of an individual with respect to the individual's sexuality. | ||
(b) A state agency contracting with a contractor under this | ||
subtitle shall require the contractor to adopt and apply an | ||
employment policy under which the contractor and any subcontractor | ||
may not, because of sexual orientation or gender identity or | ||
expression: | ||
(1) fail or refuse to hire an individual, discharge an | ||
individual, or discriminate in any other manner against an | ||
individual in connection with compensation or the terms, | ||
conditions, or privileges of employment; or | ||
(2) limit, segregate, or classify an employee or | ||
applicant for employment in a manner that would deprive or tend to | ||
deprive an individual of any employment opportunity or adversely | ||
affect in any other manner the status of an employee. | ||
(c) Each contract entered into between a state agency and a | ||
contractor under this subtitle must include terms that: | ||
(1) authorize an employee of a contractor or | ||
subcontractor, or an applicant for employment with the contractor | ||
or subcontractor, to make a verbal or written complaint to the state | ||
agency regarding the contractor's or subcontractor's noncompliance | ||
with an employment policy required by Subsection (b); | ||
(2) explain that, on confirmation of a contractor's or | ||
subcontractor's noncompliance with an employment policy required | ||
by Subsection (b) that is the subject of a complaint, the state | ||
agency shall provide to the contractor written notice of the | ||
noncompliance by hand delivery or certified mail; | ||
(3) inform a contractor that the state agency may | ||
impose an administrative penalty if the contractor fails to comply | ||
with an employment policy required by Subsection (b) after the date | ||
on which the contractor receives notice under Subdivision (2); and | ||
(4) explain that an amount equal to the amount of the | ||
administrative penalty may be withheld from a payment otherwise | ||
owed to a contractor under a contract. | ||
(d) The amount of an administrative penalty imposed under | ||
Subsection (c)(3) is $100 per day for each employee or applicant for | ||
employment who is discriminated against in violation of an | ||
employment policy required by Subsection (b). | ||
(e) Each state agency shall develop procedures for the | ||
administration of this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 21.002, Labor Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subdivisions (9-a) and (13-a) to read as follows: | ||
(9-a) "Gender identity or expression" means having or | ||
being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance, | ||
expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity, | ||
appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly | ||
associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex. | ||
(13-a) "Sexual orientation" means the actual or | ||
perceived status of an individual with respect to the individual's | ||
sexuality. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 21.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 21.051. DISCRIMINATION BY EMPLOYER. An employer | ||
commits an unlawful employment practice if because of race, color, | ||
disability, religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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orientation, or gender identity or expression the employer: | ||
(1) fails or refuses to hire an individual, discharges | ||
an individual, or discriminates in any other manner against an | ||
individual in connection with compensation or the terms, | ||
conditions, or privileges of employment; or | ||
(2) limits, segregates, or classifies an employee or | ||
applicant for employment in a manner that would deprive or tend to | ||
deprive an individual of any employment opportunity or adversely | ||
affect in any other manner the status of an employee. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 21.052, Labor Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 21.052. DISCRIMINATION BY EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. An | ||
employment agency commits an unlawful employment practice if the | ||
employment agency: | ||
(1) fails or refuses to refer for employment or | ||
discriminates in any other manner against an individual because of | ||
race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression; or | ||
(2) classifies or refers an individual for employment | ||
on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national | ||
origin, [ |
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expression. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 21.053, Labor Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 21.053. DISCRIMINATION BY LABOR ORGANIZATION. A labor | ||
organization commits an unlawful employment practice if because of | ||
race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression the labor | ||
organization: | ||
(1) excludes or expels from membership or | ||
discriminates in any other manner against an individual; or | ||
(2) limits, segregates, or classifies a member or an | ||
applicant for membership or classifies or fails or refuses to refer | ||
for employment an individual in a manner that would: | ||
(A) deprive or tend to deprive an individual of | ||
any employment opportunity; | ||
(B) limit an employment opportunity or adversely | ||
affect in any other manner the status of an employee or of an | ||
applicant for employment; or | ||
(C) cause or attempt to cause an employer to | ||
violate this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 21.054, Labor Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 21.054. ADMISSION OR PARTICIPATION IN TRAINING | ||
PROGRAM. [ |
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program is provided under an affirmative action plan approved under | ||
a federal law, rule, or order, an employer, labor organization, or | ||
joint labor-management committee controlling an apprenticeship, | ||
on-the-job training, or other training or retraining program | ||
commits an unlawful employment practice if the employer, labor | ||
organization, or committee discriminates against an individual | ||
because of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, | ||
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admission to or participation in the program. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 21.059(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) An employer, labor organization, employment agency, or | ||
joint labor-management committee controlling an apprenticeship, | ||
on-the-job training, or other training or retraining program | ||
commits an unlawful employment practice if the employer, labor | ||
organization, employment agency, or committee prints or publishes | ||
or causes to be printed or published a notice or advertisement | ||
relating to employment that: | ||
(1) indicates a preference, limitation, | ||
specification, or discrimination based on race, color, disability, | ||
religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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gender identity or expression; and | ||
(2) concerns an employee's status, employment, or | ||
admission to or membership or participation in a labor union or | ||
training or retraining program. | ||
SECTION 9. Section 21.102(c), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) This section does not apply to standards of compensation | ||
or terms, conditions, or privileges of employment that are | ||
discriminatory on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, | ||
sex, national origin, [ |
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identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 10. Section 21.112, Labor Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.112. EMPLOYEES AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. An employer | ||
does not commit an unlawful employment practice by applying to | ||
employees who work in different locations different standards of | ||
compensation or different terms, conditions, or privileges of | ||
employment that are not discriminatory on the basis of race, color, | ||
disability, religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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orientation, or gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 11. Section 21.113, Labor Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.113. IMBALANCE PLAN NOT REQUIRED. This chapter | ||
does not require a person subject to this chapter to grant | ||
preferential treatment to an individual or a group on the basis of | ||
race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression because of an | ||
imbalance between: | ||
(1) the total number or percentage of persons of that | ||
individual's or group's race, color, disability, religion, sex, | ||
national origin, [ |
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or expression: | ||
(A) employed by an employer; | ||
(B) referred or classified for employment by an | ||
employment agency or labor organization; | ||
(C) admitted to membership or classified by a | ||
labor organization; or | ||
(D) admitted to or employed in an apprenticeship, | ||
on-the-job training, or other training or retraining program; and | ||
(2) the total number or percentage of persons of that | ||
race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression in: | ||
(A) a community, this state, a region, or other | ||
area; or | ||
(B) the available work force in a community, this | ||
state, a region, or other area. | ||
SECTION 12. Section 21.120(b), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a policy adopted or | ||
applied with the intent to discriminate because of race, color, | ||
sex, national origin, religion, age, [ |
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orientation, or gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 13. Section 21.122(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) An unlawful employment practice based on disparate | ||
impact is established under this chapter only if: | ||
(1) a complainant demonstrates that a respondent uses | ||
a particular employment practice that causes a disparate impact on | ||
the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, [ |
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disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression | ||
and the respondent fails to demonstrate that the challenged | ||
practice is job-related for the position in question and consistent | ||
with business necessity; or | ||
(2) the complainant makes the demonstration in | ||
accordance with federal law as that law existed June 4, 1989, with | ||
respect to the concept of alternative employment practices, and the | ||
respondent refuses to adopt such an alternative employment | ||
practice. | ||
SECTION 14. Section 21.124, Labor Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.124. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY USE OF TEST | ||
SCORES. It is an unlawful employment practice for a respondent, in | ||
connection with the selection or referral of applicants for | ||
employment or promotion, to adjust the scores of, use different | ||
cutoff scores for, or otherwise alter the results of | ||
employment-related tests on the basis of race, color, sex, national | ||
origin, religion, age, [ |
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gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 15. The heading to Section 21.125, Labor Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.125. CLARIFYING PROHIBITION AGAINST IMPERMISSIBLE | ||
CONSIDERATION OF RACE, COLOR, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, AGE, | ||
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EXPRESSION IN EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. | ||
SECTION 16. Section 21.125(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, an | ||
unlawful employment practice is established when the complainant | ||
demonstrates that race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, | ||
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expression was a motivating factor for an employment practice, even | ||
if other factors also motivated the practice, unless race, color, | ||
sex, national origin, religion, age, [ |
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orientation, or gender identity or expression is combined with | ||
objective job-related factors to attain diversity in the employer's | ||
work force. | ||
SECTION 17. Section 21.126, Labor Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.126. COVERAGE OF PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT EMPLOYEES OF THE | ||
STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE. It is an unlawful | ||
employment practice for a person elected to public office in this | ||
state or a political subdivision of this state to discriminate | ||
because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, [ |
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disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression | ||
against an individual who is an employee or applicant for | ||
employment to: | ||
(1) serve on the elected official's personal staff; | ||
(2) serve the elected official on a policy-making | ||
level; or | ||
(3) serve the elected official as an immediate advisor | ||
with respect to the exercise of the constitutional or legal powers | ||
of the office. | ||
SECTION 18. Section 21.152(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A political subdivision or two or more political | ||
subdivisions acting jointly may create a local commission to: | ||
(1) promote the purposes of this chapter; and | ||
(2) secure for all individuals in the jurisdiction of | ||
each political subdivision freedom from discrimination because of | ||
race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 19. Section 21.155(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission [ |
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a complaint concerning discrimination in employment because of | ||
race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, [ |
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sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression that is filed | ||
with that commission to a local commission with the necessary | ||
investigatory and conciliatory powers if: | ||
(1) the complaint has been referred to the commission | ||
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(2) jurisdiction over the subject matter of the | ||
complaint has been deferred to the commission [ |
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SECTION 20. Section 301.003, Property Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subdivision (6) and adding Subdivisions (9-a) and (10-a) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(6) "Disability" means a mental or physical impairment | ||
that substantially limits at least one major life activity, a | ||
record of the impairment, or being regarded as having the | ||
impairment. The term does not include current illegal use of or | ||
addiction to any drug or illegal or federally controlled substance | ||
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(9-a) "Gender identity or expression" means having or | ||
being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance, | ||
expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity, | ||
appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly | ||
associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex. | ||
(10-a) "Sexual orientation" means the actual or | ||
perceived status of an individual with respect to the individual's | ||
sexuality. | ||
SECTION 21. Sections 301.021(a) and (b), Property Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person may not refuse to sell or rent, after the making | ||
of a bona fide offer, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, | ||
or in any other manner make unavailable or deny a dwelling to | ||
another because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, | ||
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expression. | ||
(b) A person may not discriminate against another in the | ||
terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling or | ||
in providing services or facilities in connection with a sale or | ||
rental of a dwelling because of race, color, religion, sex, | ||
familial status, [ |
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gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 22. Section 301.022, Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.022. PUBLICATION. A person may not make, print, or | ||
publish or effect the making, printing, or publishing of a notice, | ||
statement, or advertisement that is about the sale or rental of a | ||
dwelling and that indicates any preference, limitation, or | ||
discrimination or the intention to make a preference, limitation, | ||
or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, | ||
disability, familial status, [ |
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orientation, or gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 23. Section 301.023, Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.023. INSPECTION. A person may not represent to | ||
another because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial | ||
status, [ |
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identity or expression that a dwelling is not available for | ||
inspection for sale or rental when the dwelling is available for | ||
inspection. | ||
SECTION 24. Section 301.024, Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.024. ENTRY INTO NEIGHBORHOOD. A person may not, | ||
for profit, induce or attempt to induce another to sell or rent a | ||
dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective | ||
entry into a neighborhood of a person of a particular race, color, | ||
religion, sex, disability, familial status, [ |
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sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 25. Section 301.026(a), Property Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person whose business includes engaging in | ||
residential real estate related transactions may not discriminate | ||
against another in making a real estate related transaction | ||
available or in the terms or conditions of a real estate related | ||
transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, | ||
familial status, [ |
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gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 26. Section 301.027, Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.027. BROKERAGE SERVICES. A person may not deny | ||
another access to, or membership or participation in, a | ||
multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or | ||
other service, organization, or facility relating to the business | ||
of selling or renting dwellings, or discriminate against a person | ||
in the terms or conditions of access, membership, or participation | ||
in such an organization, service, or facility because of race, | ||
color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, [ |
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origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 27. Sections 301.042(a) and (c), Property Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This chapter does not prohibit a religious | ||
organization, association, or society or a nonprofit institution or | ||
organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in | ||
conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society | ||
from: | ||
(1) limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of | ||
dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial | ||
purpose to persons of the same religion; or | ||
(2) giving preference to persons of the same religion, | ||
unless membership in the religion is restricted because of race, | ||
color, [ |
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or expression. | ||
(c) This chapter does not prohibit a person engaged in the | ||
business of furnishing appraisals of real property from considering | ||
in those appraisals factors other than race, color, religion, sex, | ||
disability, familial status, [ |
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orientation, or gender identity or expression. | ||
SECTION 28. Section 301.068, Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.068. REFERRAL TO MUNICIPALITY. (a) Subject to | ||
Subsection (b), the [ |
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this chapter and refer a complaint to a municipality that has been | ||
certified by the federal Department of Housing and Urban | ||
Development as a substantially equivalent fair housing agency. | ||
(b) The commission may not defer proceedings and refer a | ||
complaint under Subsection (a) to a municipality in which the | ||
alleged discrimination occurred if: | ||
(1) the complaint alleges discrimination based on | ||
sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; and | ||
(2) the municipality does not have laws prohibiting | ||
the alleged discrimination. | ||
SECTION 29. Section 301.171(a), Property Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, without | ||
regard to whether the person is acting under color of law, by force | ||
or threat of force intentionally intimidates or interferes with a | ||
person: | ||
(1) because of the person's race, color, religion, | ||
sex, disability, familial status, [ |
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orientation, or gender identity or expression and because the | ||
person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, | ||
occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, | ||
rental, financing, or occupation of any dwelling or applying for or | ||
participating in a service, organization, or facility relating to | ||
the business of selling or renting dwellings; or | ||
(2) because the person is or has been or to intimidate | ||
the person from: | ||
(A) participating, without discrimination | ||
because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, | ||
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expression, in an activity, service, organization, or facility | ||
described by Subdivision (1); [ |
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(B) affording another person opportunity or | ||
protection to so participate; or | ||
(C) lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons | ||
to participate, without discrimination because of race, color, | ||
religion, sex, disability, familial status, [ |
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sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, in an | ||
activity, service, organization, or facility described by | ||
Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 30. (a) Section 2155.0065, Government Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to a contract for which a state | ||
agency first advertises or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, | ||
offers, qualifications, or other similar expressions of interest on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The changes in law made by this Act to the Labor Code | ||
apply to conduct occurring on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. Conduct occurring before that date is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
(c) The changes in law made by this Act to the Property Code | ||
apply only to a complaint filed with the Texas Workforce Commission | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act. A complaint filed | ||
before that date is governed by the law as it existed immediately | ||
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 31. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |