SB 880 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising.

SB 880 requires political advertisers using mass text message campaigns to disclose who paid for the messages, similar to current rules for online ads. It specifically targets campaigns sending texts to multiple recipients for political purposes (supporting/opposing candidates, parties, or measures) where costs exceed basic texting fees. Violations carry a $4,000 civil penalty per text message sent without required disclosure. The law applies only to texts distributed on or after September 1, 2025, and does not affect regular personal texting.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025
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Lois Kolkhorst
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