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  89R13974 MLH-D     By: Schatzline H.B. No. 4189       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to content filters provided by Internet service providers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 10, Business & Commerce Code,   is amended by adding Chapter 330 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 330. CONTENT FILTERS PROVIDED BY INTERNET SERVICE   PROVIDERS           Sec. 330.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                 (1)     "Customer" means a person in this state who   purchases Internet service from an Internet service provider.                 (2)     "Explicit material" means visual material   depicting:                       (A)  the intimate parts of a person;                       (B)  sexual conduct; or                       (C)  simulated sexual conduct.                 (3)     "Filter" means software provided to a customer by   an Internet service provider that is capable of preventing the   customer from accessing or displaying explicit material.                 (4)     "Internet service provider" means a person   providing connectivity to the Internet or another wide area   network.                 (5)     "Sexual conduct" has the meaning assigned by   Section 21.16, Penal Code.                 (6)     "Simulated" has the meaning assigned by Section   21.16, Penal Code.                 (7)     "Visual material" has the meaning assigned by   Section 21.16, Penal Code.           Sec.   330.002.     OPTIONAL CONTENT FILTER. (a) An Internet   service provider shall make available to each customer a filter   that the customer can choose to enable on the customer's Internet   service.           (b)     A filter described by Subsection (a), when enabled,   must:                 (1)     prevent a customer from accessing, downloading, or   displaying explicit material when using the Internet service   provided by the Internet service provider; and                 (2)     notify the customer using the Internet service   when the filter prevents the customer from accessing or displaying   explicit material.           (c)     An Internet service provider shall make the filter   described by Subsection (a) available at no additional cost to the   customer.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.