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SB 2121

AN ACT relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as

Senate Bill • Johnson
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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as

Subject Areas

Protection of Personal Information Business & Commerce--General

Bill Text

relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 509.003(a), Business & Commerce Code, as
added by Chapter 963 (S.B. 2105), Acts of the 88th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter
applies only to a business entity [data broker] that, in a 12-month
(1)  more than 50 percent of the business entity's [data
broker's] revenue from processing or transferring personal data
that the business entity [data broker] did not collect directly
from the individuals to whom the data pertains; or
(2)  revenue from processing or transferring the
personal data of more than 50,000 individuals that the business
entity [data broker] did not collect directly from the individuals
SECTION 2.  It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2025, that the amendments made by this Act to Section
509.003(a), Business & Commerce Code, as added by Chapter 963 (S.B.
2105), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, be
harmonized with another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill History

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Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as

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