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| 1 | 1 | 89R8714 MZM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Phelan H.B. No. 4958 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to required disclosures on political advertising | |
| 10 | 10 | supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil | |
| 11 | 11 | penalty. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding | |
| 14 | 14 | Section 255.009 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 255.009. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING | |
| 16 | 16 | SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING CERTAIN OFFICEHOLDERS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) | |
| 17 | 17 | A person may not knowingly cause to be published, distributed, or | |
| 18 | 18 | broadcast political advertising supporting or opposing an | |
| 19 | 19 | officeholder whose name is not on an election ballot at the time the | |
| 20 | 20 | political advertising is published, distributed, or broadcast | |
| 21 | 21 | unless the political advertising indicates in the form and manner | |
| 22 | 22 | the commission requires by rule: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) that the political advertising was paid for; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) the full name of the person who paid for the | |
| 25 | 25 | political advertising. | |
| 26 | 26 | (b) A person who violates this section is liable to this | |
| 27 | 27 | state for a civil penalty in an amount the commission determines not | |
| 28 | 28 | to exceed $4,000. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |