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