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| 1 | 1 | 89R15481 BCH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2152 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to third-party software providers' ability to manage | |
| 10 | 10 | certain users' social media accounts. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 120, Business & Commerce | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended by adding Section 120.1031 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 120.1031. THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE PROVIDERS. A social | |
| 15 | 15 | media platform shall create, maintain, and make available to | |
| 16 | 16 | third-party software providers a set of real-time application | |
| 17 | 17 | programming interfaces through which a child or a parent or | |
| 18 | 18 | guardian of a child may delegate permission to a third-party | |
| 19 | 19 | software provider to manage the online interactions, content, and | |
| 20 | 20 | account settings of the child on the social media platform on the | |
| 21 | 21 | same terms as the child. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |