SB1847 - Relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure in this state and the use of certain technology purchased or leased from those companies.

  89R4469 JCG-F     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1847       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain   foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure   in this state and the use of certain technology purchased or leased   from those companies.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 2275, Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:   CHAPTER 2275. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN-OWNED   COMPANIES IN CONNECTION WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE USE OF   CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES PURCHASED OR LEASED FROM THOSE COMPANIES          SECTION 2.  Section 2275.0101, Government Code, is amended   by amending Subdivisions (1) and (2) and adding Subdivisions (1-a),   (7), and (8) to read as follows:                (1)   "Communication infrastructure system" includes:                       (A)     a computer hardware device that converts data   signals of one kind into another for the purpose of transmitting the   data over telecommunications circuits, also known as a modem; and                       (B)     a computer hardware device that mediates the   transmission routes of data packets over an electronic   communications network, also known as a router.                 (1-a) "Company" means a sole proprietorship,   organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint   venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or   limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary,   majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those   entities or business associations, that exists to make a profit.                (2)  "Critical infrastructure" means a communication   infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid,   hazardous waste treatment system, remote sensing technology,   transportation infrastructure system, or water treatment facility.                 (7)     "Remote sensing technology" means a remote sensing   method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure   variable distances for the purpose of developing a distance map of   the objects from which the light is reflected. The term includes the   technology known as LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging.                 (8)     "Transportation infrastructure system" means a   camera system used in enforcing the traffic laws of this state,   including a school bus infraction detection system, speed detection   system, or other traffic infraction detector.          SECTION 3.  Section 2275.0103, Government Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:           (c)     The governor shall consider designating as a threat to   critical infrastructure under Subsection (a) any country or person   designated as a foreign adversary by the United States secretary of   commerce, or the secretary's designee, under 15 C.F.R. Section   791.4.          SECTION 4.  Effective July 1, 2026, Chapter 2275, Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 2275.0104 to read as follows:           Sec.   2275.0104.     USE OF CERTAIN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE   PROHIBITED. A governmental entity may not use remote sensing   technology or a transportation infrastructure system purchased or   leased from a company described by Section 2275.0102(a)(2).          SECTION 5.  With respect to a contract or other agreement   relating to critical infrastructure, the changes in law made by   this Act to Section 2275.0101, Government Code, apply only to a   contract or other agreement entered into on or after the effective   date of this Act. A contract or agreement entered into before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the contract or agreement was entered into, and that law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 6.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.