H.B. No. 1785
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the information required to be disclosed in a
  registration form for lobbyists.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 305.005, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
         (l)  The registration form must include a statement of
  whether the registrant is or is required to be registered as a
  foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22
  U.S.C. Section 611 et seq.).
         SECTION 2.  Section 305.005, Government Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies to a registration filed on or after the effective
  date of this Act. A registration filed before the effective date of
  this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1785 was passed by the House on April
  12, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1785 was passed by the Senate on May
  10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor