Exhibit 1125 ยท State statute
Texas House Bill 20 (2021), Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 143A and Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 120 (enrolled text)
A social media platform may not censor a user, a user's expression, or a user's ability to receive the expression of another person based on: (1) the viewpoint of the user or another person;
Bars a social media platform with more than 50 million active U.S. users a month from censoring a user or a user's expression based on viewpoint, and requires public disclosures and a complaint-and-appeal process. The Supreme Court in Moody v. NetChoice (2024) quotes the law's sponsor and the Governor on its purpose.
- Source
- Texas Legislature, 87th Legislature, Second Called Session
- Date
- 2021
- Quoted from
- Sec. 143A.002(a)(1)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/HB00020F.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- The enrolled-bill PDF text layer inserts 'AA' characters; the wording above was checked with those removed. The date of the Governor's signature is not in this PDF.