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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 28.003

REQUIRED DISCLOSURES RELATED TO FUNDING OR FUNDING SOURCES

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 223 (H.B. 2884), Sec. 1, eff

(a) In a civil action subject to this chapter, a claimant must disclose, as part of initial disclosures required under Rule 194, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure:

(1) whether the claimant or the claimant's attorney has received, directly or indirectly, funding or financial support from any individual, entity, or government affiliated with a sanctioned or embargoed nation; and

(2) the identity of all sources of funding or financial support described by Subdivision (1).

(b) A claimant has a continuing obligation to supplement the disclosures required under this section during the pendency of the action with information on the following that occur after the initial disclosures are made:

(1) the claimant or the claimant's attorney receiving, directly or indirectly, money from an individual, entity, or government affiliated with a sanctioned or embargoed nation; and

(2) the claimant or the claimant's attorney identifying a source of funding or financial support described by Subsection (a)(1).

(c) A claimant must make a disclosure required by this section not later than the 10th day after the date the claimant or the claimant's attorney receives the money or identifies a source of funding or financial support, as applicable.

(d) A disclosure required by this section must be made under oath and filed with the court.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.