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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual |
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recording in a lactation room. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.15(a), Penal Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows: |
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(5) "Lactation room" means a room or portioned area |
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provided for or primarily used for the purpose of: |
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(A) expressing breast milk; |
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(B) breast-feeding an infant child; or |
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(C) addressing other needs related to |
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breast-feeding. |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.15(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) A person commits an offense if, without the other |
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person's consent and with intent to invade the privacy of the other |
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person, the person: |
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(1) photographs or by videotape or other electronic |
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means records, broadcasts, or transmits a visual image of an |
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intimate area of another person if the other person has a reasonable |
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expectation that the intimate area is not subject to public view; |
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(2) photographs or by videotape or other electronic |
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means records, broadcasts, or transmits a visual image of another |
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in a bathroom, [or] changing room, or lactation room; or |
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(3) knowing the character and content of the |
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photograph, recording, broadcast, or transmission, promotes a |
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photograph, recording, broadcast, or transmission described by |
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Subdivision (1) or (2). |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |