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TX HB551

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Valoree Swanson

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Texas Ethics Commission to add a space on campaign finance reports for filers to indicate whether an address listed for a political expenditure recipient is a residence address

  • Mandates the Commission remove residence addresses (except city, state, and zip code) of individuals who received political expenditures from reports published online, when marked as residential

  • Continues existing practice of removing detailed address information for political contributors from internet-published reports

  • Full address information removed from online reports must remain available on physical reports at the Commission's office but cannot be accessed electronically at that location

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025, and applies to reports required to be filed on or after January 1, 2026; passed House 139-0 and Senate 31-0

Legislative Description

Relating to address information contained on reports of political contributions and expenditures made available on the Internet by the Texas Ethics Commission.

Elections

Last Action

Effective on 9/1/25

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

State Affairs5/14/2025
State Affairs3/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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