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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as |
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data brokers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 509.003(a), Business & Commerce Code, as |
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added by Chapter 963 (S.B. 2105), Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter |
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applies only to a business entity [data broker] that, in a 12-month |
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period, derives: |
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(1) more than 50 percent of the business entity's [data |
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broker's] revenue from processing or transferring personal data |
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that the business entity [data broker] did not collect directly |
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from the individuals to whom the data pertains; or |
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(2) revenue from processing or transferring the |
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personal data of more than 50,000 individuals that the business |
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entity [data broker] did not collect directly from the individuals |
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to whom the data pertains. |
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SECTION 2. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2025, that the amendments made by this Act to Section |
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509.003(a), Business & Commerce Code, as added by Chapter 963 (S.B. |
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2105), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, be |
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harmonized with another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and |
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corrections in enacted codes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |