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  89R10759 MZM-D     By: Paul H.B. No. 4312       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on the making of a campaign contribution   by a person who is not a United States citizen.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   253.008.     CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS BY NONCITIZENS   PROHIBITED. A person who is not a United States citizen may not   knowingly make a campaign contribution to a candidate or political   committee.          SECTION 2.  Section 253.008, Election Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to a campaign contribution made on or after the   effective date of this Act. A campaign contribution made before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the contribution was made, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.