House bill · 89R

HB 4960

Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising.

Did not pass

Progress

53 days from first to latest action, across 26 recorded actions.

Filed
Mar 13
Referred to committee
Apr 3
Heard in committee
Apr 14
Reported from committee
Apr 16
Passed first chamber
May 2
Passed second chamber
Stopped here
Sent to governor
Became law

Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

passage

House · May 1, 2025

Passed 132–11

132 Yea

11 Nay

1 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

passage

House · May 2, 2025

Passed 110–13

110 Yea

13 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

Full history

Every action recorded by Texas Legislature Online.

Received from the House
May 5, 2025 · Senate
Reported engrossed
May 2, 2025 · House
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 2, 2025 · House
Record vote
May 2, 2025 · House
Passed
May 2, 2025 · House
Read 3rd time
May 2, 2025 · House
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 1, 2025 · House
Record vote
May 1, 2025 · House
Passed to engrossment as amended
May 1, 2025 · House
Point of order withdrawn
May 1, 2025 · House
Amended
May 1, 2025 · House
Point of order withdrawn
May 1, 2025 · House
Read 2nd time
May 1, 2025 · House
Placed on General State Calendar
May 1, 2025 · House
Considered in Calendars
Apr 28, 2025 · House
Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 25, 2025 · House
Committee report distributed
Apr 23, 2025 · House
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 23, 2025 · House
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) State Affairs
Apr 16, 2025 · House
Considered in formal meeting
Apr 16, 2025 · House
Left pending in committee
Apr 14, 2025 · House
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee State Affairs
Apr 14, 2025 · House
Considered in public hearing State Affairs
Apr 14, 2025 · House
Referred to State Affairs State Affairs
Apr 3, 2025 · House
Read first time
Apr 3, 2025 · House
Filed
Mar 13, 2025 · House

Authors

In committee

State Affairs
House
Referred Apr 3, 2025 · heard Apr 14, 2025 · reported after 13 days

Topics

Civil Remedies & Liabilities Elections: Campaign Financing Elections: Candidates Elections: General Electronic Information Systems

Bill text

EngrossedHTML PDF
IntroducedHTML PDF
House Committee ReportHTML PDF

Bills on similar topics

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Bill	Author	Progress	Status	Last action
HB 2285Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising.	Greg BonnenR	Referred to committee	Did not pass	Mar 14, 2025Referred to State Affairs
SB 880Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising.	Lois KolkhorstR	Referred to committee	Did not pass	Feb 13, 2025Referred to State Affairs
SB 228Relating to prohibiting the use of certain political advertising manipulated by generative artificial intelligence technology; creating a criminal offense.	Royce WestD	Referred to committee	Did not pass	Feb 3, 2025Referred to State Affairs
SB 893Relating to criminal offenses for creating and distributing certain misleading images, audio recordings, and videos; creating a criminal offense.	Nathan JohnsonD	Passed first chamber	Did not pass	Apr 9, 2025Referred to Elections
HB 556Relating to a criminal offense for the creation or distribution of certain artificially generated media with the intent to influence the outcome of an election.	Mary GonzálezD	Heard in committee	Did not pass	Apr 3, 2025Left pending in committee
SB 2638Relating to the misleading use of bot accounts; authorizing a civil penalty.	Nathan JohnsonD	Referred to committee	Did not pass	Apr 3, 2025Referred to State Affairs