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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires electronic filing for candidates exceeding $25,000 in contributions or expenditures
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to State AffairsSponsor: Erin Zwiener
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What This Bill Proposed
Candidates and officeholders filing reports with the Texas Ethics Commission must do so electronically starting January 1, 2026, if their annual or expenditures exceed $25,000. Judicial officeholders are exempt from this requirement. The commission must publish these electronic reports on its website within seven business days of filing.
Political candidates and officeholders meeting the $25,000 financial threshold must transition from paper to electronic report submissions, while the public gains faster online access to these campaign finance records.
- The Texas Ethics Commission is the state agency responsible for administering and enforcing laws concerning campaign finance and ethics for state officials and candidates. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
candidates and officeholders
Candidates and officeholders meeting the $25,000 threshold must submit their campaign finance reports electronically rather than by alternative methods.
Texas Ethics Commission
The commission is required to receive electronic filings and publish them on its Internet website within seven business days.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 22, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Mandatory Electronic Campaign Reporting
The bill shifts reporting obligations for candidates and officeholders meeting a $25,000 activity threshold from optional or paper-based methods to mandatory electronic submission.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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