Section 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. Tex. Prop. Code § 301.0045
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 223,Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/2023.