H.B. No. 1510
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to liability of persons who lease dwellings to persons
  with criminal records.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is
  amended by adding Section 92.025 to read as follows:
         Sec. 92.025.  LIABILITY FOR LEASING TO PERSON WITH CRIMINAL
  RECORD. (a) A cause of action does not accrue against a landlord or
  a landlord's manager or agent solely for leasing a dwelling to a
  tenant convicted of, or arrested or placed on deferred adjudication
  for, an offense.
         (b)  This section does not preclude a cause of action for
  negligence in leasing of a dwelling by a landlord or a landlord's
  manager or agent to a tenant, if:
               (1)  the tenant:
                     (A)  was convicted of an offense listed in Section
  3g, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
                     (B)  has a reportable conviction or adjudication,
  as defined by Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
               (2)  the person against whom the action is filed knew or
  should have known of the conviction or adjudication.
         (c)  This section does not create a cause of action or expand
  an existing cause of action.
         SECTION 2.  Section 92.025, Property Code, as added by this
  Act, does not affect a cause of action that accrued before the
  effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
  immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1510 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1510 on May 26, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0,
  3 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1510 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor