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89(R) HB 551 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 551
AN ACT
relating to address information contained on reports of political
contributions and expenditures made available on the Internet by
the Texas Ethics Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 254.036, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1)
In prescribing the format of a report filed with the
commission under Subsection (b), the commission shall ensure the
report includes a space to indicate whether the address of an
individual listed as having received a political expenditure is a
residence address.
SECTION 2. Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-2) to read as
follows:
(e) Before making a report filed under Section 254.036(b)
available on the Internet, the commission shall remove each
portion, other than city, state, and zip code, of
:
(1)
the address of a person listed as having made a
political contribution to the person filing the report
; and
(2)
the residence address of an individual listed as
having received a political expenditure if the individual's address
is indicated in the space described by Section 254.036(b-1) as
being a residence address
. [
The address information removed must
remain available on the report maintained in the commission's
office but may not be available electronically at that office.
]
(e-2)
The address information the commission removes under
Subsection (e) must remain available on the report maintained in
the commission's office but may not be available electronically at
that office.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a report of political contributions and expenditures under Chapter
254, Election Code, that is required to be filed on or after January
1, 2026.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 551 was passed by the House on May 13,
2025, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 551 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor