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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a warning label on certain social media platforms |
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concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and |
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significant mental health issues. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 175 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 175. WARNING LABEL ON CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS |
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REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN MINORS |
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Sec. 175.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, "social media |
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platform" and "user" have the meanings assigned by Section 120.001, |
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Business & Commerce Code. |
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Sec. 175.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to |
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a social media platform described by Section 120.002(b), Business & |
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Commerce Code. |
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Sec. 175.003. REQUIRED WARNING LABEL. (a) A social media |
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platform operating in this state shall display on the platform's |
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landing page each time a user opens the platform a warning label |
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concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and |
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significant mental health issues. The warning label must include: |
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(1) information on available resources for persons |
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experiencing significant mental health issues, including the phone |
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number or link to the website for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; |
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and |
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(2) a statement concerning the use of an individual's |
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personal data by social media platforms and the addictive nature of |
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social media usage. |
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(b) The social media platform shall ensure the user is |
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unable to operate the platform until the user verifies the user |
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understands the warning. |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt evidence-based |
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rules regarding the form and content of the warning label required |
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by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2028, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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adopt the rules required by Section 175.003, Health and Safety |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) A social media platform to which Chapter 175, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies is not required to comply |
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with Section 175.003, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, |
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before April 1, 2028. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027. |