Monitoring the SessionHB 2600
Died in committee
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
relating to the purchase of periodicals by state agencies and certain state officers and to prohibiting state agencies from providing financial support to the news media.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
No periodicals, and no money for any news media.
The bill bars state agencies, including the legislature and legislative agencies, from using appropriated money to buy newspapers, magazines or other periodicals, and from sponsoring, partnering with, donating to or otherwise financially supporting any news media. It carves out limited exceptions: each legislator may buy one subscription to each periodical published in the district they represent, each statewide elected officer may buy one subscription to each Texas periodical, and state museums, state libraries and archives, and college libraries are exempt. Starting September 1, 2025, agencies lose their subscription budgets and any paid ties to news outlets, while those officials and libraries keep buying.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 566 by Sen. Springer (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 566 by Sen. Springer (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 10, 2025 and referred to the House State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB2600 · 2025-02-10
relating to the purchase of periodicals by state agencies and certain state officers and to prohibiting state agencies from providing financial support to the news media.
No periodicals, and no money for any news media.
The bill bars state agencies, including the legislature and legislative agencies, from using appropriated money to buy newspapers, magazines or other periodicals, and from sponsoring, partnering with, donating to or otherwise financially supporting any news media. It carves out limited exceptions: each legislator may buy one subscription to each periodical published in the district they represent, each statewide elected officer may buy one subscription to each Texas periodical, and state museums, state libraries and archives, and college libraries are exempt. Starting September 1, 2025, agencies lose their subscription budgets and any paid ties to news outlets, while those officials and libraries keep buying.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY
Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to May 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.
$5,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jul 3, 2025. 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: 101033926.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$5,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jul 3, 2025. 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: 101033926.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Sen. Springer, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Feb 17, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to the purchase of periodicals by state agencies and certain state officers and to prohibiting state agencies from providing financial support to the news media.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Feb 10, 2025
03/17/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: 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
Communications & Press
Legislature
Libraries & Librarians
Purchasing--State
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions
State Officers
The text as introduced · 234 words
89R2595 CXP-D By: Cain H.B. No. 2600 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the purchase of periodicals by state agencies and certain state officers and to prohibiting state agencies from providing financial support to the news media. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2113.107, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) In this subsection, "state agency" includes the legislature and an agency in the legislative branch of state government. Except as provided by this subsection, a state agency may not use appropriated money to purchase a periodical. A member of the legislature may purchase one subscription to each periodical that is published in the district the member represents. A state officer who is elected in a statewide election may purchase one subscription to each periodical that is published in this state. This subsection does not apply to a purchase for or by a state museum, a state library or archive, or an institution of higher education library. SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2113, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2113.108 to read as follows: Sec. 2113.108. NEWS MEDIA. Except as provided by Section 2113.107(h), a state agency may not use appropriated money to sponsor, partner with, donate to, or otherwise provide financial support to any news media. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.