TITLE: Relating to a private business owner's right to choose whether to provide goods or services.

SUMMARY: Relating to a private business owner's right to choose whether to provide goods or services.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a private business owner's right to choose whether to provide goods or services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Title 12, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by adding Chapter 606 to read as follows: CHAPTER 606. PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNER'S CHOICE TO PROVIDE GOODS OR SERVICES Sec. 606.001. RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PROVIDE GOODS OR SERVICES. (a) A private business owner may refuse to provide goods or services to any person based on a sincerely held religious belief or on conscientious grounds. (b) A private business owner may not: (1) be compelled to provide goods or services in violation of that business owner's sincerely held religious or personal belief; or (2) be held liable for refusing to provide goods or services to any person based on a sincerely held religious belief or on conscientious grounds. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.