88R8146 JCG-D
 
  By: King S.B. No. 2159
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting the use of certain social media
  applications and services on devices owned or leased by state
  agencies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 6, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Chapter 674 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 674.  USE OF CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
  ON STATE AGENCY DEVICES PROHIBITED
         Sec. 674.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Covered application" means:
                     (A)  the social media service TikTok or any
  successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance
  Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited; or
                     (B)  a social media application or service
  specified by executive order of the governor under Section 674.004.
               (2)  "State agency" means:
                     (A)  a department, commission, board, office, or
  other agency that is in the executive or legislative branch of state
  government and that was created by the constitution or a statute,
  including an institution of higher education as defined by Section
  61.003, Education Code; or
                     (B)  the supreme court, the court of criminal
  appeals, a court of appeals, or the Texas Judicial Council or
  another agency in the judicial branch of state government.
         Sec. 674.002.  PROHIBITION. Subject to Section 674.003, a
  state agency shall adopt a policy prohibiting the installation or
  use of a covered application on any device owned or leased by the
  state agency and requiring the removal of covered applications from
  those devices.
         Sec. 674.003.  EXCEPTIONS; MITIGATING MEASURES.  (a)  A
  policy adopted under Section 674.002 may provide for the
  installation and use of a covered application to the extent
  necessary for:
               (1)  providing law enforcement; or
               (2)  developing or implementing information security
  measures.
         (b)  A policy allowing the installation and use of a covered
  application under Subsection (a) must require:
               (1)  the use of measures to mitigate risks to the
  security of state agency information during the use of the covered
  application; and
               (2)  the documentation of those measures.
         Sec. 674.004.  APPLICATIONS IDENTIFIED BY GOVERNOR'S ORDER.
  The governor by executive order may identify social media
  applications or services that pose a similar risk to the security of
  state agency information as the service described by Section
  674.001(1)(A).
         SECTION 2.  Not later than the 60th day after the effective
  date of this Act, each state agency shall adopt the policy required
  by Chapter 674, Government Code, as added by this Act.
         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, 2023.