And before anyone else gets their panties in a wad over this (or gets tricked by a far-right leaning, billionaire-funded smear machine again), if you read the bill you’ll see it only applies to the following people/entities:
Sec. 255.0015. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON CERTAIN POLITICAL
ADVERTISING CONTAINING ALTERED MEDIA; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) This
section applies only to a person who:
(1) is an officeholder, candidate, or political
committee;
(2) makes expenditures during a reporting period that
in the aggregate exceed $100 for political advertising, other than
an expense to cover the basic cost of hardware, messaging software,
and bandwidth; or
(3) publishes, distributes, or broadcasts political
advertising described by Subsection (b) in return for
consideration.
So if you want to make funny memes fire away. You’re safe so long as you aren’t a politician, PAC, or getting paid to do so.
Sincerely,
Dade’s mom