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      H.B. No. 5331         AN ACT   relating to the enforceability of certain state agency and local   government contract language regarding required security incident   notifications.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2054.603, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:           (e)     Contract language in a cybersecurity insurance contract   or other contract for goods or services prohibiting or restricting   a state agency's or local government's compliance with this section   or otherwise circumventing the requirements of this section is void   and unenforceable.          SECTION 2.  Section 2054.603(e), Government Code, as added   by this Act, is intended to clarify rather than change existing law.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 5331 was passed by the House on May 8,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 5331 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 115, Nays 19,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 5331 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor