Monitoring the SessionHB 482
Filed
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to a warning label on certain social media platforms concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Every user, adults included, must confirm the warning before scrolling. Starts April 1, 2028.
The bill makes certain social media platforms show a warning label about the link between minors' social media use and serious mental health problems every time a user opens the platform. It covers platforms that fall under an existing Business & Commerce Code applicability rule, and it reaches every user who opens those platforms, adults included, while the state health commission writes the label rules. Users must confirm they understand the warning before they can use the platform, with rules due by January 1, 2028 and compliance required starting April 1, 2028.
Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 499 (Did not pass). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-HB482 · 2026-11-09
relating to a warning label on certain social media platforms concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.
Every user, adults included, must confirm the warning before scrolling. Starts April 1, 2028.
The bill makes certain social media platforms show a warning label about the link between minors' social media use and serious mental health problems every time a user opens the platform. It covers platforms that fall under an existing Business & Commerce Code applicability rule, and it reaches every user who opens those platforms, adults included, while the state health commission writes the label rules. Users must confirm they understand the warning before they can use the platform, with rules due by January 1, 2028 and compliance required starting April 1, 2028.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
“The social media platform shall ensure the user is unable to operate the platform until the user verifies the user understands the warning.”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill makes platforms carry state-set warning content and blocks every user from posting or reading until they acknowledge it.
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The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 16, 2024 to Jun 13, 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.
$10,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 11, 2024 to Mar 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: 100985912, 101032788, 101058648.
$10,000.00
Also funds 24 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 25, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Jan 5, 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: 101058648.
$8,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jul 22, 2024 to Dec 9, 2024. 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: 100985912.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$10,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 11, 2024 to Mar 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: 100985912, 101032788, 101058648.
$10,000.00
Also funds 24 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 25, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Jan 5, 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: 101058648.
$8,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jul 22, 2024 to Dec 9, 2024. 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: 100985912.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Mary González, same lead author · Did not pass · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Apr 29, 2025: Received from the House
Relating to a warning label on certain social media platforms concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Minors--Health & Safety
The text as introduced · 361 words
90R386 MPF-D By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 482 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a warning label on certain 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. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Chapter 175 to read as follows: CHAPTER 175. WARNING LABEL ON CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN MINORS Sec. 175.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, "social media platform" and "user" have the meanings assigned by Section 120.001, Business & Commerce Code. Sec. 175.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a social media platform described by Section 120.002(b), Business & Commerce Code. Sec. 175.003. REQUIRED WARNING LABEL. (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. The warning label must include: (1) information on available resources for persons experiencing significant mental health issues, including the phone number or link to the website for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; and (2) a statement concerning the use of an individual's personal data by social media platforms and the addictive nature of social media usage. (b) The social media platform shall ensure the user is unable to operate the platform until the user verifies the user understands the warning. (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt evidence-based rules regarding the form and content of the warning label required by Subsection (a). SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2028, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section 175.003, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. (b) A social media platform to which Chapter 175, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies is not required to comply with Section 175.003, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, before April 1, 2028. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.