Bill Text: TX HB449 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit images using deep fake technology.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB449 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB449-Introduced.html
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| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 449 | |
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| relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually | ||
| explicit images using deep fake technology. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.165, Penal Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.165. UNLAWFUL PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN | ||
| SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES OR VIDEOS. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 21.165(a), Penal Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) "Deep fake image" means an image, created with the | ||
| intent to deceive, that appears to depict a real person performing | ||
| an action that did not occur in reality. | ||
| (1-a) "Deep fake video" means a video, created with | ||
| the intent to deceive, that appears to depict a real person | ||
| performing an action that did not occur in reality. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 21.165(b), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A person commits an offense if, without the effective | ||
| consent of the person appearing to be depicted, the person | ||
| knowingly produces or distributes by electronic means a deep fake | ||
| image or deep fake video that appears to depict the person with the | ||
| person's intimate parts exposed or engaged in sexual conduct. | ||
| SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
