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