Bill Text: TX HB697 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 697

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of prohibitions on municipal or county regulations on the rental or leasing of housing accommodations.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-04 - Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs [HB697 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB697-Introduced.html

	89R127 JG-F

	By: Walle	H.B. No. 697



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 person who is 62 years of age or older because of
	the person's lawful source of income to pay rent; or
	(3) a person who has a disability, as defined by the
	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et
	seq.), because of the person's lawful source of income to pay rent.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.