Bill Text: TX HB567 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-5)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB567 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB567-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-5)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB567 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB567-Comm_Sub.html
By: Bowers, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Miles) | H.B. No. 567 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2023; | ||
April 18, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State | ||
Affairs; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 9, Nays 1; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or | ||
protective hairstyle associated with race. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 25.902 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 25.902. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION IN | ||
STUDENT DRESS OR GROOMING POLICY. (a) In this section, "protective | ||
hairstyle" includes braids, locks, and twists. | ||
(b) Any student dress or grooming policy adopted by a school | ||
district, including a student dress or grooming policy for any | ||
extracurricular activity, may not discriminate against a hair | ||
texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically | ||
associated with race. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 51.979 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.979. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION IN | ||
STUDENT DRESS OR GROOMING POLICY. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
(2) "Protective hairstyle" includes braids, locks, | ||
and twists. | ||
(b) Any student dress or grooming policy adopted by an | ||
institution of higher education, including a student dress or | ||
grooming policy for any extracurricular activity, may not | ||
discriminate against a hair texture or protective hairstyle | ||
commonly or historically associated with race. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 21.1095 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.1095. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HAIR TEXTURE | ||
OR PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE. (a) In this section, "protective | ||
hairstyle" includes braids, locks, and twists. | ||
(b) A provision in this chapter referring to discrimination | ||
because of race or on the basis of race includes discrimination | ||
because of or on the basis of an employee's hair texture or | ||
protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with | ||
race. | ||
(c) An employer, labor union, or employment agency commits | ||
an unlawful employment practice if the employer, labor union, or | ||
employment agency adopts or enforces a dress or grooming policy | ||
that discriminates against a hair texture or protective hairstyle | ||
commonly or historically associated with race. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 301, Property Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 301.0045 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.0045. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HAIR TEXTURE | ||
OR PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE. (a) In this section, "protective | ||
hairstyle" includes braids, locks, and twists. | ||
(b) A provision in this chapter, other than a provision in | ||
Subchapter I, referring to discrimination because of race or on the | ||
basis of race includes discrimination because of or on the basis of | ||
a person's hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or | ||
historically associated with race. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 21.1095, Labor Code, as added by this | ||
Act, applies only to an unlawful employment practice that occurs on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 301.0045, Property Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a discriminatory housing practice that | ||
occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
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