{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.016","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.016","heading":"HOUSING.","body":"An owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent or other person having the right to sell, rent, or lease real property, or an agent or employee of any of these, may not refuse to sell, rent, or lease to any person or group of persons solely because the person is a person with an intellectual disability or a group that includes one or more persons with an intellectual disability.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1412, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT","CHAPTER 592. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBCHAPTER B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.592.htm#592.016","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"53cceb391b930219b26bda96e57eb41e3201ff7b89e5e9a547326f9828922294","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}