85R18758 ATP-D     By: Geren, Howard H.B. No. 505     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 505:     By:  Davis of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 505       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to restrictions on lobbyist expenditures from certain   political contributions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 305, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 305.029 to read as follows:          Sec. 305.029.  EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS   RESTRICTED.  (a)  In this section, "political contribution,"   "political committee," and "political expenditure" have the   meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person   required to register under this chapter may not, before the second   anniversary of the date the last term for which the person was   elected ends, knowingly make or authorize, from political   contributions accepted by the person as a candidate or   officeholder, a political expenditure that is a political   contribution to a candidate, officeholder, or political committee.          SECTION 2.  Section 305.029, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies to an expenditure made on or after January 8,   2019, from funds accepted as a political contribution, regardless   of the date the funds were accepted.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 8, 2019.