CS/CS/CS/HB 369: Provenance of Digital Content
GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee ; Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee ; McFarland ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Driskell
Provenance of Digital Content; Requires certain artificial intelligence developers make provenance data available through specified options; requires such developers to make provenance readers available in specified manner; requires certain social media platforms to retain & make available certain provenance data; provides that violation constitutes unfair or deceptive act or practice.
Last Action: 4/23/2025 House - Added to Second Reading Calendar
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/4/2025 House • Filed
2/12/2025 House • Referred to Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
• Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
3/4/2025 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/17/2025 House • Added to Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee agenda
3/19/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
3/20/2025 House • Reported out of Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
3/21/2025 House • Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
3/27/2025 House • Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
3/31/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
4/1/2025 House • Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
4/2/2025 House • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Commerce Committee
4/11/2025 House • Added to Commerce Committee agenda
4/15/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
4/16/2025 House • Reported out of Commerce Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
4/17/2025 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
4/23/2025 House • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
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CS/CS/CS/HB 369, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/16/2025 at 1:22 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 702 (c1) Provenance of Digital Content Burgess Similar Last Action: 3/12/2025 S CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time 
Floor Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format 640857 - Amendment
Remove line 44 and insert:McFarland 4/18/2025
11:03 AMPDF Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 501.9741 Page 1 (pdf) -
CS/CS/HB 369, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/1/2025 at 3:17 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/17/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 702 (c1) Provenance of Digital Content Burgess Similar Last Action: 3/12/2025 S CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 904035 - Amendment
Remove lines 27-97 and insert:McFarland 4/14/2025
5:00 PMAdopted without Objection
4/16/2025PDF Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 501.9741 Page 1 (pdf) -
CS/HB 369, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/20/2025 at 2:12 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 702 (c1) Provenance of Digital Content Burgess Similar Last Action: 3/12/2025 S CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 580847 - Amendment
Remove lines 50-70 and insert:McFarland 3/28/2025
4:24 PMAdopted without Objection
3/31/2025PDF Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 501.9741 Page 1 (pdf) -
HB 369, Original Filed Version Posted 2/4/2025 at 10:05 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 702 (c1) Provenance of Digital Content Burgess Similar Last Action: 3/12/2025 S CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 561101 - Strike All Amendment
Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:McFarland 3/18/2025
6:40 PMAdopted
3/19/2025PDF Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 106.145 Use of artificial intelligence. Page 2 (pdf) 252.353 Page 3 (pdf) 501.9741 Page 4 (pdf)
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