{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-73.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 73.002","heading":"PRIVILEGED MATTERS.","body":"(a) The publication by a newspaper or other periodical of a matter covered by this section is privileged and is not a ground for a libel action. This privilege does not extend to the republication of a matter if it is proved that the matter was republished with actual malice after it had ceased to be of public concern.\n(b) This section applies to:\n(1) a fair, true, and impartial account of:\n(A) a judicial proceeding, unless the court has prohibited publication of a matter because in its judgment the interests of justice demand that the matter not be published;\n(B) an official proceeding, other than a judicial proceeding, to administer the law;\n(C) an executive or legislative proceeding (including a proceeding of a legislative committee), a proceeding in or before a managing board of an educational or eleemosynary institution supported from the public revenue, of the governing body of a city or town, of a county commissioners court, and of a public school board or a report of or debate and statements made in any of those proceedings; or\n(D) the proceedings of a public meeting dealing with a public purpose, including statements and discussion at the meeting or other matters of public concern occurring at the meeting; and\n(2) reasonable and fair comment on or criticism of an official act of a public official or other matter of public concern published for general information.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT","CHAPTER 73. LIBEL","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.73.htm#73.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"53fc6fc20926b9d5aa1553c71522d7919765358da8e087ee2e1d3a1cc7c27d82","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-73.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-73.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}