Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 4	House Author:  Capriglione et al.
Effective:  See below	Senate Sponsor:  Hughes et al.

            House Bill 4, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, amends the Business & Commerce Code to regulate the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities. The bill sets out, among other provisions, provisions regarding a consumer's personal data rights and a request to exercise such rights, a required privacy notice to consumers, and the disclosure of a sale of personal data to a third party by an applicable business entity. The bill creates a civil penalty for violations of the bill and gives the attorney general exclusive authority to enforce the bill's provisions. The bill takes effect July 1, 2024, except that a bill provision establishing that a consumer exercising the right to opt out of the processing of the consumer's personal data for targeted advertising may designate another person to serve as the consumer's authorized agent and act on the consumer's behalf takes effect on January 1, 2025.