SB 58 by Zaffirini: Burdensome Regulation

PRO-TAXPAYER POSITION
Oppose
Senate Journal Page: 592

SB 58 creates a new cause of action and ultimately bans the use of bots to obtain goods or services online. Detecting bots would also be very difficult and could pose privacy threats to citizens. In a society that is quickly moving toward AI automation, banning such innovation would be harmful to the progress of this technology and to the free market as a whole. For this reason, TFR opposes SB 58.

PRO-TAXPAYER POSITION
Oppose
Vote Breakdown:
26
5
  • Pro-Taxpayer
  • Anti-Taxpayer
  • Absent
  • Speaker
  • Absent, Excused
  • Present, not voting
  • Not Applicable
LegislatorDistrictPartyVote
Carol Alvarado
6 Democrat
X
Paul Bettencourt
7 Republican
X
Brian Birdwell
22 Republican
X
César Blanco
29 Democrat
X
Donna Campbell
25 Republican
X
Brandon Creighton
4 Republican
Check
Sarah Eckhardt
14 Democrat
X
Pete Flores
24 Republican
X
Roland Gutierrez
19 Democrat
X
Bob Hall
2 Republican
Check
Kelly Hancock
9 Republican
X
Juan Hinojosa
20 Democrat
X
Joan Huffman
17 Republican
X
Bryan Hughes
1 Republican
Check
Nathan Johnson
16 Democrat
X
Phil King
10 Republican
X
Lois Kolkhorst
18 Republican
X
Morgan LaMantia
27 Democrat
X
José Menéndez
26 Democrat
X
Mayes Middleton
11 Republican
Check
Borris Miles
13 Democrat
X
Robert Nichols
3 Republican
X
Tan Parker
12 Republican
X
Angela Paxton
8 Republican
X
Charles Perry
28 Republican
X
Charles Schwertner
5 Republican
X
Kevin Sparks
31 Republican
X
Drew Springer
30 Republican
Check
Royce West
23 Democrat
X
John Whitmire
Democrat
X
Judith Zaffirini
21 Democrat
X