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| 1 | 1 | 84R9009 DDT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: White of Bell H.B. No. 2553 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a private business owner's right to choose whether to | |
| 8 | 8 | provide goods or services. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Title 12, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Chapter 606 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPTER 606. PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNER'S CHOICE TO PROVIDE GOODS OR | |
| 13 | 13 | SERVICES | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 606.001. RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PROVIDE GOODS OR SERVICES. | |
| 15 | 15 | (a) A private business owner may refuse to provide goods or services | |
| 16 | 16 | to any person based on a sincerely held religious belief or on | |
| 17 | 17 | conscientious grounds. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) A private business owner may not: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) be compelled to provide goods or services in | |
| 20 | 20 | violation of that business owner's sincerely held religious or | |
| 21 | 21 | personal belief; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) be held liable for refusing to provide goods or | |
| 23 | 23 | services to any person based on a sincerely held religious belief or | |
| 24 | 24 | on conscientious grounds. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |