H.B. No. 3372         AN ACT   relating to the reporting of political contributions, including   in-kind contributions, and expenditures made using a credit card.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 254.044 to read as follows:          Sec. 254.044.  REPORTING OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND   EXPENDITURES MADE USING CREDIT CARD. (a) A candidate or   officeholder who accepts a political contribution made using a   credit card shall:                (1)  for a political contribution for which a   processing fee is deducted by the credit card issuer from the   political contribution amount:                      (A)  report as a political contribution the full   amount, including the deducted amount; and                      (B)  report as a political expenditure the   deducted amount; and                (2)  for a political contribution for which a   processing fee is paid by the person making the political   contribution in excess of the political contribution amount, report   only as a political contribution the full amount the candidate or   officeholder accepts, not including the amount paid in excess of   the political contribution amount.          (b)  A candidate or officeholder who accepts a political   contribution described by Subsection (a)(2) is not required to   report the excess amount paid as a processing fee by the person   making the political contribution.          SECTION 2.  Section 254.044, Election Code, as added by this   Act, applies 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, 2024.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3372 was passed by the House on May 2,   2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 3 present, not   voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to   H.B. No. 3372 on May 25, 2023, and requested the appointment of a   conference committee to consider the differences between the two   houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report   on H.B. No. 3372 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 141,   Nays 2, 2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 3372 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays   0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference   committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and   that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.   3372 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor