By: Little H.B. No. 5594
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of certain housing discrimination
related to brokerage services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 301.027, Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 301.027. BROKERAGE SERVICES. (a) A person may not
deny another access to, or membership or participation in, a
multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or
other service, organization, or facility relating to the business
of selling or renting dwellings, or discriminate against a person
in the terms or conditions of access, membership, or participation
in such an organization, service, or facility because of race,
color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national
origin.
(b) For purposes of this section, the initiation of an
ethics complaint against a person in relation to speech involving a
matter of public concern or religion is included in the meaning of
discrimination in the terms or conditions of membership.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a complaint filed with the Texas Workforce Commission civil
rights division on or after the effective date of this Act. A
complaint filed before that date is governed by the law as it
existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.