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Amend CSSB 5 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 120.001(2), Business & Commerce Code (page 1, line 55), immediately after the underlined period, insert the following:
The term includes a person who has a social media platform account that the social media platform has disabled or locked.
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 143A.001(6), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 4, line 45), immediately after the underlined period, insert the following:
The term includes a person who has a social media platform account that the social media platform has disabled or locked.
(3) Strike SECTION 5 of the bill, adding transition language (page 6, lines 43-54), and substitute the following:
SECTION 5. Chapter 143A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act.