89R4306 MZM-D     By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 346       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the availability on the Internet of certain   registrations and reports filed by lobbyists.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 305.0091 to read as follows:          Sec. 305.0091.  AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRATIONS AND REPORTS ON   INTERNET. (a) The commission shall make available to the public on   the commission's Internet website each registration or report filed   with the commission under this chapter.          (b)  Except as provided by Section 305.009(e), the   commission shall make a registration or report available on the   commission's Internet website not later than the 10th business day   after the date the registration or report is filed.          (c)  The commission must remove the home address of an   individual from a registration or report before posting the   registration or report on the commission's Internet website.          (d)  The commission may not remove a registration or report   from the commission's Internet website before the fifth anniversary   of the date the commission makes the registration or report   available on the website.          SECTION 2.  Section 305.0091, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a registration, registration renewal,   amended registration statement, or report required to be filed   under Chapter 305, Government Code, on or after the effective date   of this Act. A registration, registration renewal, amended   registration statement, or report required to be filed under   Chapter 305, Government Code, before the effective date of this Act   is governed by the law in effect on the date the registration,   registration renewal, amended registration statement, or report is   due, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.