Bill Text: TX HB567 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-5)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB567 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB567-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 567 | ||
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| relating to 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 Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 25.902 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.902. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION IN | ||
| STUDENT DRESS OR GROOMING POLICY. (a) In this section, "protective | ||
| hairstyle" includes braids, locks, and twists. | ||
| (b) Any student dress or grooming policy adopted by a school | ||
| district, including a student dress or grooming policy for any | ||
| extracurricular activity, may not discriminate against a hair | ||
| texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically | ||
| associated with race. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.979 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.979. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION IN | ||
| STUDENT DRESS OR GROOMING POLICY. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (2) "Protective hairstyle" includes braids, locks, | ||
| and twists. | ||
| (b) Any student dress or grooming policy adopted by an | ||
| institution of higher education, including a student dress or | ||
| grooming policy for any extracurricular activity, may not | ||
| discriminate against a hair texture or protective hairstyle | ||
| commonly or historically associated with race. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 21, Labor Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 21.1095 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.1095. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HAIR TEXTURE | ||
| OR PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE. (a) In this section, "protective | ||
| hairstyle" includes braids, locks, and twists. | ||
| (b) A provision in this chapter referring to discrimination | ||
| because of race or on the basis of race includes discrimination | ||
| because of or on the basis of an employee's hair texture or | ||
| protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with | ||
| race. | ||
| (c) An employer, labor union, or employment agency commits | ||
| an unlawful employment practice if the employer, labor union, or | ||
| employment agency adopts or enforces a dress or grooming policy | ||
| that discriminates against a hair texture or protective hairstyle | ||
| commonly or historically associated with race. | ||
| SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 301, Property Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 301.0045 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 301.0045. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HAIR TEXTURE | ||
| OR PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE. (a) In this section, "protective | ||
| hairstyle" includes braids, locks, and twists. | ||
| (b) A provision in this chapter, other than a provision in | ||
| Subchapter I, referring to discrimination because of race or on the | ||
| basis of race includes discrimination because of or on the basis of | ||
| a person's hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or | ||
| historically associated with race. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 21.1095, Labor Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to an unlawful employment practice that occurs on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. 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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 567 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 13, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 567 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
