Plain English summary not yet available
The full original text is available below. Check back soon as we process this bill.
  89R21871 PRL-F     By: Landgraf H.B. No. 2767     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2767:     By:  Phelan C.S.H.B. No. 2767       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to regulation of online global marketplaces.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 121 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 121. ONLINE GLOBAL MARKETPLACES           Sec.   121.001.     DEFINITION. In this chapter, "online global   marketplace" means a person that:                 (1)     provides for consideration, including   consideration deducted as a fee from the transaction, an online   application, software, an Internet website, a system, or another   medium through which a good or service in this state is advertised   or offered to the public as available;                 (2)  is not regulated by this state; and                 (3)     directly or indirectly provides or maintains an   Internet platform for goods or services by:                       (A)     providing a payment system that facilitates a   transaction between two platform users;                         (B)     transmitting or otherwise communicating the   offer or acceptance of a transaction between two platform users;                         (C)     owning or operating the electronic or   physical infrastructure or technology that brings two or more   platform users together;                       (D)     providing a virtual currency, as defined by   Section 12.001, that platform users are allowed or required to use   for transactions; or                         (E)     providing software development or research   and development activities related to any of the activities   described by this subdivision.           Sec.   121.002.     CERTAIN LOCAL REGULATIONS PROHIBITED.   A   county or municipality may not:                 (1)     regulate the operation of an online global   marketplace; or                   (2)     require an online global marketplace to provide   personally identifiable information of its Internet platform users   without an administrative subpoena or court order.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.