Currently, Governor Abbott out of Texas has bill SB140 on his desk awaiting his signature — which will drastically broader Texas’ telemarketing statute and has an effective date of September 1, 2025.

SB140 aims to amend the Texas Business & Commerce code by: • Broadening the definition of “telephone call” and “telephone solicitation” to include texts, image messages, and other transmissions aimed at selling; • adding clarifying language around a consumer’s ability to recoup damages under the statute multiple times: “[t]he fact that a claimant has recovered under a private action arising from a violation of this chapter more than once may not limit recovery in a future legal proceeding in any manner”; and • Adding a provision that allows for a private right of action under the Texas

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