HB 921 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to statutory damages in actions brought by social media users against social media platforms for prohibited censorship.

HB 921 allows social media users to sue platforms for prohibited censorship and seek specific statutory damages. If a platform violates the law by censoring a user's content, the user can recover between $750 and $30,000 per violation, plus declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and attorney fees. The bill explicitly states that certain other legal provisions (Sections 41.003 and 41.004) do not apply to these lawsuits. This law applies only to cases filed on or after September 1, 2025, and does not affect cases that accrued before that date.
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Mar 2025
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Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025
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Mar 6, 2025
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Briscoe Cain
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