HB 2600

relating to the purchase of periodicals by state agencies and
certain state officers and to prohibiting state agencies from
providing financial support to the news media.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 2113.107, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h)  In this subsection, "state agency" includes the
legislature and an agency in the legislative branch of state
government. Except as provided by this subsection, a state agency
may not use appropriated money to purchase a periodical.  A member
of the legislature may purchase one subscription to each periodical
that is published in the district the member represents.  A state
officer who is elected in a statewide election may purchase one
subscription to each periodical that is published in this state.
This subsection does not apply to a purchase for or by a state
museum, a state library or archive, or an institution of higher
SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2113, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2113.108 to read as follows:
Sec. 2113.108.  NEWS MEDIA.  Except as provided by Section
2113.107(h), a state agency may not use appropriated money to
sponsor, partner with, donate to, or otherwise provide financial
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.