89R8714 MZM-F     By: Phelan H.B. No. 4958       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to required disclosures on political advertising   supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil   penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding   Section 255.009 to read as follows:          Sec. 255.009.  REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING   SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING CERTAIN OFFICEHOLDERS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a)   A person may not knowingly cause to be published, distributed, or   broadcast political advertising supporting or opposing an   officeholder whose name is not on an election ballot at the time the   political advertising is published, distributed, or broadcast   unless the political advertising indicates in the form and manner   the commission requires by rule:                (1)  that the political advertising was paid for; and                (2)  the full name of the person who paid for the   political advertising.          (b)  A person who violates this section is liable to this   state for a civil penalty in an amount the commission determines not   to exceed $4,000.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.