Relating to the enforceability of certain state agency and local government contract language regarding required security incident notifications, the official text

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.

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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.

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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.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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Governor