TX HB2173

Requires social media platforms operating in Texas to display a warning label on their landing page each time a user opens the platform, addressing the association between minors' social media usage and significant mental health issues

Directs the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules specifying the form and content of the required warning label

Rules must be adopted by January 1, 2026, with social media platforms required to comply beginning March 1, 2026

Definitions for "social media platform" and "user" reference existing definitions in Section 120.001 of the Business & Commerce Code

Act takes effect September 1, 2025