Texas HB4960 amends the Election Code to define political advertising distributed via mass text message campaigns and imposes civil penalties for.

Texas HB4960 amends the Election Code to redefine "political advertising" to include communications distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign. It also introduces a new definition for "mass text message campaign," which refers to organized efforts sending text messages to multiple recipients in support of or opposition to a candidate, political party, public officer, or measure, involving expenditure beyond basic hardware and software costs.

Texas HB4960 amends the Election Code to define political advertising distributed via mass text message campaigns and imposes civil penalties for.

Texas HB4960 amends the Election Code to redefine "political advertising" to include communications distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign. It also introduces a new definition for "mass text message campaign," which refers to organized efforts sending text messages to multiple recipients in support of or opposition to a candidate, political party, public officer, or measure, involving expenditure beyond basic hardware and software costs.