SB 1691
AN ACT relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with
Senate Bill
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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Bill filed, pending referral to Senate committee
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What This Bill Does
relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with
Bill Text
relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious animus; providing a civil penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Title 4, Property Code, is amended by adding CHAPTER 32. CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN DISRUPTIONS OF QUIET Sec. 32.001. CIVIL PENALTY FOR DISRUPTION OF QUIET ENJOYMENT OF RESIDENCE WITH CERTAIN HATE SPEECH. (a) A person who interferes with another person's quiet enjoyment of that person's residence by distributing a pamphlet, leaflet, or flyer that demonstrates ethnic or religious animus is subject to a civil penalty in an amount of $5,000. (b) The attorney general or a district or county attorney may bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section. The attorney general or district or county attorney may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the SECTION 2. Section 32.001, Property Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a pamphlet, leaflet, or flyer distributed on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
filed
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with
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