Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 143A.004 · Chapter 143A. DISCOURSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter applies only to a user who:
(1) resides in this state;
(2) does business in this state; or
(3) shares or receives expression in this state.
(b) This chapter applies only to expression that is shared or received in this state.
(c) This chapter applies only to a social media platform that functionally has more than 50 million active users in the United States in a calendar month.
(d) This chapter applies to the maximum extent permitted by the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States but no further than the maximum extent permitted by the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 20), Sec. 7, eff. December 2, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.143A.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 33ca7f63e1dfa4d6473648dd011723a77baa5dadd5596931286b7391b96d740d
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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