HB 2543

bill makes broadband workers wear the company name

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

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 requiring the display of a broadband provider's name or logo when performing work on the real property of another.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Badge, name tag or shirt. Logo on both sides of the truck.

The bill requires workers and contractors for broadband companies to wear a badge, name tag, or clothing showing the company's name or logo when they go onto someone else's property in Texas to do work. If they drive a vehicle onto the property, the company's name or logo must be shown on both sides of the vehicle. It touches broadband providers, their employees and contractors, and property owners, and it takes effect September 1, 2025, though the text sets no penalty or enforcer.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 6, 2025 and referred to the House State Affairs subcommittee on Telecommunications & Broadband. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2543 · 2025-02-06

SOLD BY

Rep. Angelia OrrRHouse 13

ITEM

relating to requiring the display of a broadband provider's name or logo when performing work on the real property of another.

WHAT IT DOES

Badge, name tag or shirt. Logo on both sides of the truck.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Feb 6, 2025Filed
Mar 17, 2025Read first time
Mar 17, 2025Referred to s/c on Telecommunications & Broadband by Speaker

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Angelia Orr

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$434K Texas Sands PAC$154K Dustin Burrows Campaign$136K

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 31, 2024 to Oct 22, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$434,355.69

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$434,355.69

Cash: $185,000.00
Paid by others: $249,355.69
Total: $434,355.69

advertising $241,605.69polling $7,750.00

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 · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 16, 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: 101007596, 101032794, 101035908, 101040770, 101058009, 101071193.

Texas Sands PAC$154,250.00

Texas Sands PAC

$154,250.00

Cash: $137,000.00
Paid by others: $17,250.00
Total: $154,250.00

polling $17,250.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Oct 22, 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: 101012337, 101032794, 101035908, 101071193.

Dustin Burrows Campaign$136,250.00

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$136,250.00

Cash: $119,000.00
Paid by others: $17,250.00
Total: $136,250.00

polling $17,250.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 13, 2025 to Jan 28, 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: 101032794, 101040770.

Money

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

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$434,355.69

Cash: $185,000.00
Paid by others: $249,355.69
Total: $434,355.69

advertising $241,605.69polling $7,750.00

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 · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 16, 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: 101007596, 101032794, 101035908, 101040770, 101058009, 101071193.

Texas Sands PAC

$154,250.00

Cash: $137,000.00
Paid by others: $17,250.00
Total: $154,250.00

polling $17,250.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Oct 22, 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: 101012337, 101032794, 101035908, 101071193.

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$136,250.00

Cash: $119,000.00
Paid by others: $17,250.00
Total: $136,250.00

polling $17,250.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 13, 2025 to Jan 28, 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: 101032794, 101040770.

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 Feb 6, 2025

03/17/2025 H Referred to s/c on Telecommunications & Broadband by Speaker: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Property Interests--Real Property

Utilities--Telecommunications

BROADBAND NETWORKS

Text

The text as introduced · 196 words

89R2049 SRA-D

By: Orr
H.B. No. 2543

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring the display of a broadband provider's name or

logo when performing work on the real property of another.

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

SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Business & Commerce Code,

is amended by adding Chapter 329 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 329. REGULATION OF BROADBAND PROVIDERS

Sec. 329.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "broadband

provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 253.0001, Utilities

Code.

Sec. 329.002. CONSPICUOUS DISPLAY OF PROVIDER NAME OR LOGO

REQUIRED. An employee or contractor of a broadband provider that

enters the real property of another located in this state to perform

work on behalf of the provider shall:

(1) wear a badge, name tag, or other distinctive

clothing with the provider's name or logo in a manner that

conspicuously identifies the person as an employee or contractor of

the provider; and

(2) if the person uses a motor vehicle on the property,

affix in a conspicuous place on both sides of the vehicle the

provider's name or logo.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.