After several hours of debate, Senate Bill 7 (S.B. 7) the Election Integrity bill and Senate Bill 12 (S.B. 12) the Social Media Censorship bill have fully passed the Texas Senate early this morning, according to a tweet by Senator Bryan Hughes,
After several hours of debate, Senate Bill 7 (Election Integrity) and Senate Bill 12 (Social Media Censorship) fully passed the Texas Senate early this morning. #txlege #SB12 #SB7 @Scott_SanfordTX @BriscoeCain pic.twitter.com/HdQPc2FBy7
— Senator Bryan Hughes (@SenBryanHughes) April 1, 2021
S.B. 7 Election Integrity
Bill Title: Relating to elections, including election integrity and security; creating criminal offenses; providing civil penalties.
Texas-2021-SB7-EngrossedS.B. 12 Social Media
Bill Title: Relating to complaint procedures and disclosure requirements for social media platforms and to the censorship of users’ expressions by an interactive computer service.