Monitoring the Session

HB 2173

social media gets a warning label, every single open

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Matt ShaheenRHouse 66

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to a warning label on social media platforms concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

State-designed label, starting March 1, 2026. No specific penalty for skipping it.

The bill requires every social media platform operating in Texas to show a warning label on its landing page each time a user opens it, warning about the link between minors' social media use and significant mental health issues. It touches social media companies and every user who opens a platform, and it directs the Health and Human Services Commission's executive commissioner to write rules on the label's form and content by January 1, 2026. Starting March 1, 2026, platforms must display the state-designed warning on every open, though the bill names no specific penalty for failing to comply.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 28, 2025 and referred to the House Public Health committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2173 · 2025-01-28

SOLD BY

Rep. Matt ShaheenRHouse 66

ITEM

relating to a warning label on social media platforms concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.

WHAT IT DOES

State-designed label, starting March 1, 2026. No specific penalty for skipping it.

The bill requires every social media platform operating in Texas to show a warning label on its landing page each time a user opens it, warning about the link between minors' social media use and significant mental health issues. It touches social media companies and every user who opens a platform, and it directs the Health and Human Services Commission's executive commissioner to write rules on the label's form and content by January 1, 2026. Starting March 1, 2026, platforms must display the state-designed warning on every open, though the bill names no specific penalty for failing to comply.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Public Health
FILED UNDER

SPEECH AND LAWFARE

THE TEXT

…“shall display on the platform's landing page each time a user opens”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill makes social media platforms carry a state-written warning message every time a user opens the platform.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Matt Shaheen

Donors

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$402KCourt Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100KTexans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$86K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 30, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$401,656.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$401,656.00

Cash
$60,000.00
Paid by others
$341,656.00
Total
$401,656.00
canvassing $317,206.00polling $24,450.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100,000.00

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$85,700.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$85,700.00

Cash
$50,000.00
Paid by others
$35,700.00
Total
$85,700.00
advertising $20,000.00polling $15,700.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 11, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101028938, 101069212, 101071870.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$401,656.00

Cash
$60,000.00
Paid by others
$341,656.00
Total
$401,656.00
canvassing $317,206.00polling $24,450.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

×

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$85,700.00

Cash
$50,000.00
Paid by others
$35,700.00
Total
$85,700.00
advertising $20,000.00polling $15,700.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 11, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101028938, 101069212, 101071870.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 28, 2025

03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Public Health · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Electronic Information Systems

Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Minors--Health & Safety

EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

INTERNET

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION

Text

The text as introduced · 254 words

89R3504 MPF-D

By: Shaheen
H.B. No. 2173

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a warning label on social media platforms concerning

the association between a minor's social media usage and

significant mental health issues.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended

by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER Z. WARNING LABEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS REGARDING

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN MINORS

Sec. 161.801. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "social

media platform" and "user" have the meanings assigned by Section

120.001, Business & Commerce Code.

Sec. 161.802. REQUIRED WARNING LABEL REGARDING MENTAL

HEALTH ISSUES. (a) A social media platform operating in this state

shall display on the platform's landing page each time a user opens

the platform a warning label concerning the association between a

minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules regarding

the form and content of the warning label required by Subsection

(a).

SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2026, the executive

commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall

adopt the rules required by Section 161.802, Health and Safety

Code, as added by this Act.

(b) A social media platform, as that term is defined by

Section 120.001, Business & Commerce Code, is not required to

comply with Section 161.802, Health and Safety Code, as added by

this Act, before March 1, 2026.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.