By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 2469       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to access to certain Internet websites in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 38.041 to read as follows:          Sec. 38.041.  RESTRICTING ACCESS TO CERTAIN WEBSITES   PROHIBITED. A school district or open-enrollment charter school   may not restrict access to an Internet website, including by using   filtering software, that provides resources for students related   to:                (1)  mental health or suicide prevention;                (2)  human trafficking;                (3)  interpersonal or domestic violence;                (4)  sexual assault;                (5)  child abuse;                (6)  substance abuse; or                (7)  bullying.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.