HB 1486
AN ACT relating to dedicatory instruments prohibiting or restricting the
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Prevents property owners' associations (HOAs) from prohibiting or restricting homeowners from displaying a Thin Blue Line flag, which is a black and white version of the American flag symbolizing support for law enforcement. Specifically, the bill adds the Thin Blue Line flag to a list of flags (like the US and Texas state flags) that homeowners are legally allowed to display, regardless of HOA rules. The law will take effect on September 1, 2025, and protects homeowners' rights to show support for law enforcement through flag display.
Bill Text
relating to dedicatory instruments prohibiting or restricting the display of Thin Blue Line flags by a property owners' association. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. SECTION 1. Sec. 202.001, Property Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: (6) "Thin Blue Line flag" means a flag that is similar to the flag of the United States of America in style and design consisting (A) a black rectangle in the upper hoist corner bearing fifty white five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset (B) thirteen horizontal stripes of equal height, the top and bottom stripe being black, with alternating white and black stripes in between, except that the eighth horizontal stripe from the top of the flag or emblem which appears directly below the field SECTION 2. Section 202.012(a), Property Code, is amended to Sec. 202.012. FLAG DISPLAY. (a) A property owners' association may not, except as provided in this section, adopt or enforce a dedicatory instrument provision that prohibits, restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting an owner (1) the flag of the United States of America; (2) the flag of the State of Texas; [or] (3) an official or replica flag of any branch of the United (4) a Thin Blue Line flag described by Sec. 202.001(6). SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to dedicatory instruments prohibiting or restricting the
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