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  89R8469 MLH-D     By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 3922       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting the use of environmental, social, or   governance scores.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 75 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 75. PROHIBITED USE OF CERTAIN CREDIT SCORES           Sec. 75.0001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                 (1)     "Credit score" means a number or rating derived   from an algorithm, computer application, model, or other process   that is based on information related to a customer and used to   determine a customer's creditworthiness or credit capacity.                 (2)     "Environmental, social, or governance score"   means a credit score that is based on measuring a customer's   exposure to long-term environmental, social, and governance risks.           Sec.   75.0002.     USE OF CERTAIN CREDIT SCORES PROHIBITED. A   person organized in a manner that includes shareholders, as that   term is defined by Section 1.002, Business Organizations Code, that   conducts business in this state may not assign an environmental,   social, or governance score to an individual or family that resides   in this state.           Sec.   75.0003.     VIOLATION. A person that violates Section   75.0002 may not conduct business in this state.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.