Monitoring the SessionHB 921
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 statutory damages in actions brought by social media users against social media platforms for prohibited censorship.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Censored users get cash on top of court orders, $750 minimum per violation.
The bill lets a social media user who proves a platform censored them in violation of the state's existing censorship law collect statutory damages of $750 to $30,000 for each violation. It touches social media platforms and the users who sue them, and it waives two general damages rules in Chapter 41 for these suits. Users would no longer get only declaratory and injunctive relief: they could also win cash for each violation in cases that arise on or after September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3752 (Did not pass) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3752 (Did not pass). 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 Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB921 · 2024-11-12
relating to statutory damages in actions brought by social media users against social media platforms for prohibited censorship.
Censored users get cash on top of court orders, $750 minimum per violation.
The bill lets a social media user who proves a platform censored them in violation of the state's existing censorship law collect statutory damages of $750 to $30,000 for each violation. It touches social media platforms and the users who sue them, and it waives two general damages rules in Chapter 41 for these suits. Users would no longer get only declaratory and injunctive relief: they could also win cash for each violation in cases that arise on or after September 1, 2025.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
“statutory damages in an amount that is not less than $750 and not more than $30,000 for each violation”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill adds a per-violation cash award to users' censorship lawsuits against social media platforms, which raises the stakes of moderating what Texans post.
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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
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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.
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$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 Rep. Cain, same lead author · Did not pass · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 10, 2023: Postponed
Relating to statutory damages in actions brought by social media users against social media platforms for prohibited censorship.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/06/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 6 2025 11:42AM
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 · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Final status: Died in committee
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The text as introduced · 231 words
89R936 SCL-D By: Cain H.B. No. 921 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to statutory damages in actions brought by social media users against social media platforms for prohibited censorship. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 143A.007, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (b) If the user proves that the social media platform violated this chapter with respect to the user, the user is entitled to recover: (1) declaratory relief under Chapter 37, including costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees under Section 37.009; [ and ] (2) injunctive relief ; and (3) statutory damages in an amount that is not less than $750 and not more than $30,000 for each violation . (f) Sections 41.003 and 41.004 do not apply to an action brought under this section. SECTION 2. Section 143A.007, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.