Texas HB2285 amends the Election Code to define political advertising and establish civil penalties for non-compliance with disclosure requirements.

Texas HB2285 amends the Election Code to redefine "political advertising" to include communications distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign. The bill also imposes civil penalties for violations of disclosure requirements on such political advertising. A "mass text message campaign" is defined as an organized effort sending text messages to multiple recipients in support of or opposition to a candidate, political party, public officer, or measure, with expenditures exceeding basic hardware, software, and bandwidth costs.

Texas HB2285 amends the Election Code to define political advertising and establish civil penalties for non-compliance with disclosure requirements.

Texas HB2285 amends the Election Code to redefine "political advertising" to include communications distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign. The bill also imposes civil penalties for violations of disclosure requirements on such political advertising. A "mass text message campaign" is defined as an organized effort sending text messages to multiple recipients in support of or opposition to a candidate, political party, public officer, or measure, with expenditures exceeding basic hardware, software, and bandwidth costs.