Bill Text: TX HB551 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 551

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective on 9/1/25 [HB551 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB551-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 551




	AN ACT
	relating to address information contained on reports of political
	contributions and expenditures made available on the Internet by
	the Texas Ethics Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 254.036, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1) In prescribing the format of a report filed with the
	commission under Subsection (b), the commission shall ensure the
	report includes a space to indicate whether the address of an
	individual listed as having received a political expenditure is a
	residence address.
	SECTION 2. Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-2) to read as
	follows:
	(e) Before making a report filed under Section 254.036(b)
	available on the Internet, the commission shall remove each
	portion, other than city, state, and zip code, of:
	(1) the address of a person listed as having made a
	political contribution to the person filing the report; and
	(2) the residence address of an individual listed as
	having received a political expenditure if the individual's address
	is indicated in the space described by Section 254.036(b-1) as
	being a residence address. [~~The address information removed must~~
	~~remain available on the report maintained in the commission's~~
	~~office but may not be available electronically at that office.~~]
	(e-2) The address information the commission removes under
	Subsection (e) must remain available on the report maintained in
	the commission's office but may not be available electronically at
	that office.
	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a report of political contributions and expenditures under Chapter
	254, Election Code, that is required to be filed on or after January
	1, 2026.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 551 was passed by the House on May 13,
	2025, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 551 was passed by the Senate on May
	26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor