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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to venue and choice of law for certain actions involving censorship by social media platforms."
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description: "Relating to venue and choice of law for certain actions involving censorship by social media platforms."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "SB 1602"
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citation: "Texas SB 1602 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Hughes", "Schofield", "Smith", "Thompson, Ed", "Vasut"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-03-03"
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last_action: "2023-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3f9ae78-cd50-4f59-971f-b2c9428dbc56"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1602.xml"
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source_hash: "2a4393010b58af5624aca6e0d76418726834cab4a001b302cbc1942286517e66"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 1602 (88) — Relating to venue and choice of law for certain actions involving censorship by social media platforms.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01602I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01602E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01602H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01602S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01602F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1602 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **86–55** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **81–63** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cain — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Schofield — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
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- Vasut — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-20** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-03-23** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-28** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-03-29** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-03-29** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-03-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-29** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-03-29** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-03-29** Record vote
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- **2023-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Record vote
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- **2023-03-29** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-03-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-10** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-26** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-15** Record vote
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- **2023-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-16** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-29** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3f9ae78-cd50-4f59-971f-b2c9428dbc56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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