89R5191 CJD-D     By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2020       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the electronic filing with the Texas Ethics Commission   of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 254.0365 to read as follows:          Sec. 254.0365.  ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN REPORTS   REQUIRED. (a) This section does not apply to a candidate or   officeholder for a judicial office subject to Subchapter F, Chapter   253.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a candidate or   officeholder who is required to file reports with the commission   shall file the reports electronically if in a calendar year the   candidate or officeholder:                (1)  accepts political contributions that in the   aggregate exceed $25,000; or                (2)  makes political expenditures that in the aggregate   exceed $25,000.          (c)  The commission shall make each report filed in   accordance with this section available to the public on the   commission's Internet website not later than the seventh business   day after the date the report is filed.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a report of political contributions and expenditures under Chapter   254, Election Code, that is required to be filed on or after January   1, 2026. A report under that chapter that is required to be filed   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the report is required to be filed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.