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HB4958 • 2025

Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Phelan
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  4. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  5. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  6. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  14. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4958 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R8714 MZM-F

By: Phelan

H.B. No. 4958

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to required disclosures on political advertising

supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil

penalty.

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

political advertising.

(b)

A person who violates this section is liable to this

state for a civil penalty in an amount the commission determines not

to exceed $4,000.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.