TikTok ban bill: See how all Texas members of the House voted on March 13

It's possible that we're approaching the end of an era of trending dances, bite-sized educational clips and viral online challenges.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass legislation that would force TikTok’s parent company to sell the popular social media app — or the U.S. will block the app from web hosting services and app stores on all electronic devices.

The House passed the bill 352-65, with one member, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, voting present and an additional 14 representatives abstaining.

The bill has not yet gone to vote in the Senate.

Why is TikTok getting banned?

For years, U.S. lawmakers have attempted to ban the Chinese-owned platform for allegedly harvesting data from those who have installed the app onto their electronic devices.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has repeatedly denied these allegations in front of U.S. Congress, stating the app now uses as separate entity, based in the U.S., to store its American user data.

What is H.R. 1721, dubbed the TikTok ban bill?

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill on March 5 that would require the app's parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok within six months. Otherwise, the U.S. will remove the app from all web-hosting services and app stores on all electronic devices.

The bill, dubbed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, has more than a dozen co-sponsors.

"This is my message to TikTok: break up with the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to your American users," Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House of Representatives' select China committee, said in a statement. “America’s foremost adversary has no business controlling a dominant media platform in the United States.”

Is TikTok getting banned?

TikTok officials claim the bill would give ByteDance a narrow timeline of six months to sell the social media app, which more than 170 million U.S. residents use.

"This bill is an outright ban of TikTok, no matter how much the authors try to disguise it," TikTok said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY. "This legislation will trample the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and deprive 5 million small businesses of a platform they rely on to grow and create jobs."

The bill would also give President Joe Biden the power to designate other apps as controlled by a “foreign adversary." Once an app is deemed a risk, the U.S. can ban the platform from online app stores and web-hosting services unless it severs ties with entities under control of the foreign adversary within 180 days of the designation.

Despite the significant passage in the House, the legislation still needs to be passed by the Senate in order for it to become law. According to USA TODAY, President Joe Biden previously said March 8 that he would sign the legislation if it makes it to his desk.

More: President Biden says he would sign bill that could ban TikTok in the US

How did Texas Representatives vote?

Texas representatives overwhelmingly voted, 32-3, in favor of the legislation. Representatives Kay Granger (R-12) and Roger Williams (R-25) did not vote; Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-30) voted present.

• Collin Allred (D-32): Yes

• Jodey Arrington (R-19): Yes

• Brian Babin (R-36): Yes

• Michael Burgess (R-26): Yes

• Buddy Carter (R-26): Yes

• Greg Casar (D-35): No

• Jouquin Castro (D-20): No

• Michael Cloud (R-27): Yes

• Dan Crenshaw (R-2): Yes

• Jasmine Crockett (D-30) Present

• Henry Cuellar (D-28): Yes

• Monica De La Cruz (R-15): Yes

• Lloyd Doggett (D-37): Yes

• Jake Ellzey (R-6): Yes

• Veronica Escobar (D-16): Yes

• Pat Fallon (R-4): Yes

• Lizzie Fletcher (D-7): Yes

• Lizzie Garcia (D-29): Yes

• Tony Gonzales (R-23): Yes

• Vicente Gonzalez (D-34): Yes

• Lance Gooden (R-5): Yes

• Kay Granger (R-12): Not Voting

• Al Green (D-9): Yes

• Wesley Hunt (R-38): Yes

• Ronny Jackson (R-13): Yes

• Sheila Jackson Lee (D-18): No

• Morgan Luttrell (R-8): Yes

• Michael McCaul (R-10): Yes

• Nathaniel Moran (R-1): Yes

• Troy Nehls (R-22): Yes

• August Pfluger (R-11): Yes

• Chip Roy (R-21): Yes

• Keith Self (R-3): Yes

• Pete Sessions (R-17): Yes

• Beth Van Duyne (R-24): Yes

• Mark Veasey (D-33): Yes

• Randy Weber (R-14): Yes

• Roger Williams (R-25): Not Voting

Has Texas tried to ban TikTok before?

The State of Texas has not yet announced a TikTok ban.

In December 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott banned the use of the app on government-issued cellphones and laptops, joining more than 30 U.S. states that enacted similar measures due to cybersecurity concerns.

The state's ban included universities across the state, prompting backlash from higher education instructors. In July, some filed a lawsuit arguing that the ban hindered their ability to teach about and research the app's potential benefits.

Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, and Samantha Neely, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida, contributed to this report.

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Is TikTok banned? How all Texas representatives voted on March 13