S.B. No. 751
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a
  deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an
  election.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 255.004, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
         (d)  A person commits an offense if the person, with intent
  to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election:
               (1)  creates a deep fake video; and
               (2)  causes the deep fake video to be published or
  distributed within 30 days of an election.
         (e)  In this section, "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 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 751 passed the Senate on
  April 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2019, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 751 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141,
  Nays 3, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor