By: Hall, Kolkhorst S.B. No. 140 (In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2024; February 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; March 4, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 4, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the definition of telephone call for purposes of regulating telephone solicitations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 302.001, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows: (6-a) "Telephone call" has the meaning assigned by Section 304.002. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. * * * * *