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  89R17076 SCR-D     By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 2585       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to disparate premiums for personal automobile insurance   policies based on certain characteristics of the insured.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1953, Insurance Code, is   amended by adding Section 1953.053 to read as follows:           Sec.   1953.053.     DISPARATE PREMIUMS BASED ON SEX OR MARITAL   STATUS PROHIBITED. (a)   This section applies to an insurer writing   automobile insurance in this state, including an insurance company,   corporation, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, mutual   insurance company, capital stock company, association, county   mutual insurance company, Lloyd's plan, and any other insurer.           (b)     An insurer may not impose on a personal automobile   insurance policy a premium:                 (1)  on an insured who is at least 21 years of age; and                 (2)     that is greater than an insured of the same age   solely because of:                       (A)  the sex of the insured; or                       (B)  the marital status of the insured.          SECTION 2.  Section 1953.053, Insurance Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for   delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.