By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 878
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of housing 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 A, Chapter 301, Property Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.0045 to read to read as follows:
Sec. 301.0045. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HAIR TEXTURE OR
PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE OR COVERINGS. (a) In this section,
"protective hairstyle or coverings" means a hairstyle, facial hair
style, or head covering necessitated by, or resulting from, the
characteristics of a hair texture, hairstyle, facial hair style, or
head covering commonly associated with race, religion, national
origin, ethnicity, or culture, and includes but is not limited to
afros, bantu knots, braids, burqas, cornrows, curls, locs,
headscarves, hijabs, pagri, twits, or hair that is tightly coiled
or tightly curled.
(b) A provision in this chapter, other than a provision in
Subchapter I, referring to discrimination because of or on the
basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or on
includes discrimination because of or on the basis of a person's
hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically
associated with race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or
culture.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.