HB 4189

relating to content filters provided by Internet service providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 10, Business & Commerce Code,
is amended by adding Chapter 330 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 330.  CONTENT FILTERS PROVIDED BY INTERNET SERVICE
Sec. 330.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Customer" means a person in this state who
purchases Internet service from an Internet service provider.
(2)  "Explicit material" means visual material
(A)  the intimate parts of a person;
(3)  "Filter" means software provided to a customer by
an Internet service provider that is capable of preventing the
customer from accessing or displaying explicit material.
(4)  "Internet service provider" means a person
providing connectivity to the Internet or another wide area
(5)  "Sexual conduct" has the meaning assigned by
(6)  "Simulated" has the meaning assigned by Section
(7)  "Visual material" has the meaning assigned by
Sec. 330.002.  OPTIONAL CONTENT FILTER.  (a)  An Internet
service provider shall make available to each customer a filter
that the customer can choose to enable on the customer's Internet
(b)  A filter described by Subsection (a), when enabled,
(1)  prevent a customer from accessing, downloading, or
displaying explicit material when using the Internet service
provided by the Internet service provider; and
(2)  notify the customer using the Internet service
when the filter prevents the customer from accessing or displaying
(c)  An Internet service provider shall make the filter
described by Subsection (a) available at no additional cost to the
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.