The Lacuna Project

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Agency

State of Texas

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-1.14: California's AB 1264 (approved 8 October 2025) defines ultraprocessed food for school food by reference to a substance in FDA's Substances Added to Food database with one of eight listed technical effects, plus a nutrient threshold or a listed sweetener. On 11 February 2026 a federal court enjoined enforcement of Texas SB 25's warning-label requirement against four trade associations, including the Consumer Brands Association, and their members.
  • INF-3.7: McGraw Hill's Form 10-K filed 11 June 2026 states that its market is fairly concentrated and that its K-12 materials in California, Florida and Texas are subject to approval by state boards of education. Texas Education Code section 31.022 requires the State Board of Education to determine that instructional material is free from factual error before approving it, and California Education Code section 60200 has the State Board adopt at least five basic instructional materials per subject for kindergarten through grade 8.
  • INF-4.8: Texas and Florida enacted laws in 2021 limiting platforms' removal decisions. In Moody v. NetChoice (1 July 2024) the Supreme Court vacated both judgments on facial-challenge grounds and wrote that a state may not interfere with private actors' speech to advance its own vision of ideological balance.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 579 Signed June 2025; effective 1 September 2025. State of Texas: Senate Bill 25 (89th Legislature, Regular Session), enrolled
  • Exhibit 1033 as amended by H.B. 1605 (2023); text read 10 November 2026. State of Texas (Legislature): Texas Education Code section 31.022, Substantive review of instructional materials by State Board of Education
  • Exhibit 1123 7 November 2024. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Judge Oldham): NetChoice, L.L.C. v. Paxton, No. 21-51178 (5th Cir.), order on remand from the Supreme Court
  • Exhibit 1124 1 July 2024. Supreme Court of the United States (Justice Kagan for the Court): Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, 603 U.S. 707 (2024) (Nos. 22-277 and 22-555)
  • Exhibit 1125 2021. Texas Legislature, 87th Legislature, Second Called Session: Texas House Bill 20 (2021), Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 143A and Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 120 (enrolled text)