Relating to a prohibition on certain governmental contracts with foreign adversary companies and federally banned companies; authorizing a civil penalty.

Added new subsections to Section 2278.005 establishing that the comptroller may bar vendors from participating in state contracts upon notice of contract termination for violations, with debarment expiring on the fifth anniversary.

Added Section 2278.006 establishing a civil penalty equal to the greater of twice the terminated contract amount or $250,000, with the attorney general authorized to recover penalties.

Added Section 3 specifying that the Act takes effect on September 1, 2025.

Added Section 2 clarifying that the new chapter applies only to contracts where the request for bids is made public on or after the effective date, with prior contracts governed by existing law.

Removed formatting artifacts, page numbers, and markup symbols from the original draft text, and added a header indicating this is the engrossed version of HB 129.

Added 'Hong Kong special administrative region' to the list of foreign adversaries in Section 2278.001(3)(A).