Legislationsby Glyph
TexasTexasLawSB 1893
Ban on TikTok and covered apps on government devices
Prohibits the use of TikTok and other covered social media applications on devices owned or leased by governmental entities.
Took effectJun 14, 2023 3 years ago
- Body
- Texas Legislature
- Session
- 2023
- Introduced
- Mar 8, 2023
- In effect since
- Jun 14, 20233 years ago
- Votes
- Senate 31-0, House 144-0
- Sponsors
- R (Republican)Republican
Timeline
Jun 14, 2023 3 years ago
Jun 14, 2023 3 years ago
May 28, 2023 3 years ago
May 27, 2023 3 years ago
May 9, 2023 3 years ago
Apr 18, 2023 3 years ago
Mar 8, 2023 3 years ago
Sponsors
- R (Republican)Brian Birdwell
- R (Republican)Charles Anderson
Related
TexasSCOPE Act (Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment)
Requires digital service providers to register users' ages, limit collection and use of minors' data, give parents supervision tools, and filter harmful content for known minors.
TexasApp Store Accountability Act
Requires mobile app stores to verify user ages, obtain parental consent before minors download apps or make purchases, and share age-category data with developers.
TexasBan on Chinese AI and social media apps on state devices
Governor directive banning AI and social media apps affiliated with the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, including DeepSeek, RedNote and Lemon8, from government-issued devices and adding them to the state prohibited technologies list.
TexasProhibited technologies list update (AI, hardware and software)
Governor directive adding Chinese-affiliated AI companies, hardware and software to the state prohibited technologies list for state employees and devices and naming the Texas Cyber Command lead agency for identifying such threats.
TexasCybersecurity safe harbor for businesses
Bars exemplary damages in data breach lawsuits against businesses with fewer than 250 employees that maintained a qualifying cybersecurity program.
TexasTexas Cyber Command
Establishes the Texas Cyber Command, with a facility in San Antonio, to prevent and respond to cybersecurity incidents, and transfers state cybersecurity duties from the Department of Information Resources to it.
TexasUser reports of explicit deepfake material on social media
Requires social media platforms to provide a way for users to report explicit deepfake material and to respond to and act on such reports on set timelines.
TexasAge verification for pornography websites
Requires commercial websites where more than one third of content is sexual material harmful to minors to verify that users are adults.
Change log
- AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27
Summaries of public legislative records, executive actions and court rulings, for reference, not legal advice. Check the official page linked on each item. First seen 2026-09-27. Checked against the official source.