88R10679 JRR-D
 
  By: Hefner H.B. No. 2306
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of voyeurism.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.17(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, with the
  intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of the actor,
  observes, including remotely through the use of electronic means,
  another person without the other person's consent while the other
  person is in a dwelling or structure in which the other person has a
  reasonable expectation of privacy.
         SECTION 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.