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Texas Property Code § 301.0045

Racial Discrimination Based on Hair Texture or Protective Hairstyle

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(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.

Official text of the Texas Property Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 223 (H.B. 567), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.