HB1451 - Relating to the information required to be disclosed in a lobbyist registration form.

  89R2618 MPF-D     By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1451       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the information required to be disclosed in a lobbyist   registration form.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 305.005(l), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (l)  The registration form must include a statement of   whether the registrant :                 (1)   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.) ;                 (2)     was required to be registered as a foreign agent   under that Act at any point during the preceding 12 months; or                 (3)     engaged in activities during the preceding 12   months at the state level that would require the registrant to be   registered as a foreign agent under that Act if the registrant had   engaged in those activities at the federal level .          SECTION 2.  Section 305.005, Government Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only 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 on the   date the registration was filed, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.