TITLE: Relating to the prohibition of certain housing discrimination related to brokerage services.

SUMMARY: Relating to the prohibition of certain housing discrimination related to brokerage services.

FULL TEXT:
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.