Bill Text: TX HB2996 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of prohibitions on municipal or county regulations on the rental or leasing of housing accommodations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-11 - Left pending in committee [HB2996 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2996-Introduced.html
88R8919 JG-D | ||
By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 2996 |
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relating to the applicability of prohibitions on municipal or | ||
county regulations on the rental or leasing of housing | ||
accommodations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 250.007(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) This section does not affect an ordinance or regulation | ||
that prohibits the refusal to lease or rent a housing accommodation | ||
to: | ||
(1) a military veteran because of the veteran's lawful | ||
source of income to pay rent; | ||
(2) a victim of family violence, as defined by Section | ||
51.002, Human Resources Code, because of the victim's lawful source | ||
of income to pay rent; or | ||
(3) a youth experiencing homelessness because of the | ||
youth's lawful source of income to pay rent. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |