Bill Text: TX HB50 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of discrimination by school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 34-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to State Affairs [HB50 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB50-Introduced.html
By: Simmons | H.B. No. 50 |
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relating to the regulation of discrimination by school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 11.179 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.179. CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION POLICIES PROHIBITED. | ||
(a) Except in accordance with federal law as enacted by Congress | ||
and interpreted in controlling federal case law and state law as | ||
enacted by the legislature and interpreted in controlling case law | ||
of this state, the board of trustees of a school district may not | ||
adopt or enforce a policy or other measure to protect a class of | ||
persons from discrimination to the extent that the policy or other | ||
measure regulates access to multiple-occupancy restrooms, showers, | ||
or changing facilities. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) may be enforced only through an action | ||
instituted by the attorney general for mandamus or injunctive | ||
relief. The attorney general may recover costs and attorney's fees | ||
related to enforcing Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 2. 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 91 days after the last day of the legislative | ||
session. |