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Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420)
SB 2420, the App Store Accountability Act, added chapter 121 to the Business and Commerce Code, effective January 1, 2026. It places age-verification and parental-consent duties on app stores and related actors. District-court preliminary injunctions issued in December 2025; on June 4, 2026 the Fifth Circuit stayed them pending appeal, and the Supreme Court denied an application to vacate that stay on July 6, 2026. The Fifth Circuit heard argument August 4, 2026. The stay orders address enforceability pending appeal; they did not decide the merits. No merits opinion appears in the sources reviewed as of October 13, 2026.
Status
- Legal status
- Enforceable while the Fifth Circuit's June 4, 2026 stay pending appeal is in force; Supreme Court denied vacatur July 6, 2026; argued August 4, 2026; no merits opinion in the sources reviewed as of October 13, 2026 (Injunction and stay sequence 2025-2026)
- Allegation or finding
- Operative law
- Applicability
- App stores and developers distributing apps to Texas users
- Enforceability
- Binding on parties within scope
- Procedural posture
- Fifth Circuit appeal pending; preliminary injunctions stayed since June 4, 2026; last established event: oral argument August 4, 2026; no merits opinion in the sources reviewed as of October 13, 2026
- Effective date
- Signed May 27, 2025; scheduled January 1, 2026; enjoined December 23, 2025
- Law checked through
- October 13, 2026
- Injunction or stay scope
- District-court preliminary injunctions (December 2025) stayed by the Fifth Circuit pending appeal (June 4, 2026, consolidated Nos. 25-51073 and 26-50001); stay left in place by the Supreme Court (July 6, 2026). Provision-level scope of the underlying injunctions was not addressed in the stay orders
- Primary-source pinpoint
- Enrolled act; Bus. & Com. Code ch. 121
- Primary source
- https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02420F.htm
- Citation
- Bus. & Com. Code ch. 121 (SB 2420, 2025)
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Docket
- Consolidated Nos. 25-51073 and 26-50001
- Source
- Fifth Circuit stay order (June 4, 2026); Supreme Court docket 25a1389; SB 2420 enrolled text
Procedural events
- 2025-05-27: Signed as SB 2420, 89th Legislature
- 2025-12-23: District-court preliminary injunctions issued
- 2026-01-01: Act takes effect (Bus. & Com. Code ch. 121)
- 2026-05-28: Fifth Circuit enters administrative stay
- 2026-06-04: Fifth Circuit stays preliminary injunctions pending appeal (consolidated Nos. 25-51073 and 26-50001), superseding the earlier administrative stay
- 2026-07-06: Supreme Court denies application to vacate the stay
- 2026-08-04: Fifth Circuit hears argument