HB 4958
AN ACT relating to required disclosures on political advertising
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
relating to required disclosures on political advertising
Bill Text
relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 255.009 to read as follows: Sec. 255.009. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING CERTAIN OFFICEHOLDERS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person may not knowingly cause to be published, distributed, or broadcast political advertising supporting or opposing an officeholder whose name is not on an election ballot at the time the political advertising is published, distributed, or broadcast unless the political advertising indicates in the form and manner the commission requires by rule: (1) that the political advertising was paid for; and (2) the full name of the person who paid for the (b) A person who violates this section is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount the commission determines not SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Ethics and related subject areas.
Brianna M. Menard
Robert D. Miller
Haley Cornyn
Allen E. Blakemore
Michael J. Johnson
Vera Denise Rose
Gavin L. Massingill
Fred Shannon
Sarah Hicks
Matthew Bentley
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to required disclosures on political advertising
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