Bill Text: TX SB515 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-02 - Filed [SB515 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB515-Introduced.html

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By: Middleton S.B. No. 515

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol
grounds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 443.01528 to read as follows:
Sec. 443.01528. HOLIDAY NATIVITY SCENE. (a) The State
Preservation Board shall place a nativity scene on the State
Capitol grounds during at least the month of December each year.
(b) A nativity scene described by Subsection (a) of this
section is not a monument subject to the limitation prescribed
under Section 443.0152(a-1).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.