Monitoring the Session

HB 2767

online marketplaces get protection from local regulations

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsReviewed
Rep. Brooks LandgrafRHouse 81

Editor's call: No flags. On Oct 31, 2026 the editor checked this charge against the bill text and removed it.

Corrected Oct 31, 2026

Corrected Oct 31, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.

Reviewed · Oct 31, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to regulation of online global marketplaces.

Caption from analyzed text · version H.

Summary

Covered marketplaces escape local rules. Personal information demands need a subpoena or court order.

The bill bars Texas counties and cities from regulating the operation of an online global marketplace: a paid online platform connecting buyers and sellers that is not regulated by the state. Local governments cannot demand users’ personal information without an administrative subpoena or court order. The caption describes regulation of these marketplaces, and the bill supplies a ban on local regulation.

Corrected Oct 31, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4643 by Rep. Longoria (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 4643 by Rep. Longoria (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.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House State Affairs committee 10-5 on Apr 16, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2767 · 2025-02-13

SOLD BY

Rep. Brooks LandgrafRHouse 81

ITEM

relating to regulation of online global marketplaces.

WHAT IT DOES

Covered marketplaces escape local rules. Personal information demands need a subpoena or court order.

The bill bars Texas counties and cities from regulating the operation of an online global marketplace: a paid online platform connecting buyers and sellers that is not regulated by the state. Local governments cannot demand users’ personal information without an administrative subpoena or court order. The caption describes regulation of these marketplaces, and the bill supplies a ban on local regulation.

Corrected Oct 31, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 16, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to State Affairs
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Committee substitute considered in committee
  10. Reported favorably as substituted
  11. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  12. Committee report distributed
  13. Committee report sent to Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Brooks Landgraf

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$50KOvintiv USA Inc. PAC$19KDiamondback Energy PAC$15K

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 · Jul 2, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$50,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$50,000.00

Cash
$50,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$50,000.00

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 · Sep 26, 2024 to Sep 14, 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: 100977404, 101009994, 101033682, 101069723.

Ovintiv USA Inc. PAC$19,000.00

Ovintiv USA Inc. PAC

$19,000.00

Cash
$19,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$19,000.00

Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 12, 2024 to Sep 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Dec 22, 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: 100977404, 101033682.

Diamondback Energy PAC$15,000.00

Diamondback Energy PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 13, 2024 to Aug 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 13, 2024 to Aug 14, 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: 100977404, 101061488, 101069723.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$50,000.00

Cash
$50,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$50,000.00

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 · Sep 26, 2024 to Sep 14, 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: 100977404, 101009994, 101033682, 101069723.

×

Ovintiv USA Inc. PAC

$19,000.00

Cash
$19,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$19,000.00

Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 12, 2024 to Sep 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Dec 22, 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: 100977404, 101033682.

×

Diamondback Energy PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 13, 2024 to Aug 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 13, 2024 to Aug 14, 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: 100977404, 101061488, 101069723.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses19
For
9
Against
10
On
0
Names

For

  • Airbnb, Inc.1 registration
  • Chamber of Progress1 registration
  • Cicero Action1 registration
  • TechNet1 registration
  • Texans for Lawsuit Reform1 registration
  • Texas Association of Business1 registration
  • Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute1 registration
  • Texas Public Policy Foundation1 registration
  • Ticket Network1 registration

Against

  • City of Austin1 registration
  • City of Galveston1 registration
  • City of Houston1 registration
  • Self3 registrations
  • Self; Texas Neighborhood Coalition1 registration
  • Self; Tx neighborhood coalition2 registrations
  • Texas Municipal League1 registration
Sources

19 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 16, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 4643

by Rep. Longoria, different lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 22, 2023: Referred to State Affairs

Relating to regulation of online global marketplaces.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 13, 2025

04/25/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 10 aye, 5 nay · Out of committee

Companion

SB 1648 by Hughes (very similar)

Subjects

Business & Commerce--General

Electronic Information Systems

INTERNET

Text

The text as introduced · 316 words

By: Landgraf
H.B. No. 2767

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to regulation of online global marketplaces.

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

SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is

amended by adding Chapter 121 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 121. ONLINE GLOBAL MARKETPLACES

Sec. 121.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "online global

marketplace" means a person that:

(1) provides for consideration, including

consideration deducted as a fee from the transaction, an online

application, software, an Internet website, a system, or another

medium through which a good or service in this state is advertised

or offered to the public as available; and

(2) is not regulated by this state; and

(3) directly or indirectly provides or maintains an

Internet platform for goods or services by:

(A) providing a payment system that facilitates a

transaction between two platform users;

(B) transmitting or otherwise communicating the

offer or acceptance of a transaction between two platform users;

(C) owning or operating the electronic or

physical infrastructure or technology that brings two or more

platform users together;

(D) providing a virtual currency, as defined by

Section 12.001, that platform users are allowed or required to use

to transact; or

(E) providing software development or research

and development activities related to any of the activities

described by this subdivision.

SECTION 2. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended

by adding Section 250.014 to read as follows:

Sec. 250.014. REGULATION OF ONLINE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "online global marketplace" has

the meaning assigned by Section 121.001, Business & Commerce Code.

(b) A county or municipality may not:

(1) regulate the operation of an online global

marketplace; or

(2) require an online global marketplace to provide

personally identifiable information of its Internet platform users

without an administrative subpoena or court order.

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