By: Davis of Harris, Button H.B. No. 1378 (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2017; May 15, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to restrictions on political contributions and political expenditures by general-purpose political committees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 253.037, Election Code, is repealed. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. * * * * *