89R1696 CJD-D
	By: Guillen	H.B. No. 207

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses
	prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving an
	anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot that has the
	features of a child.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.26(i), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(i)  For purposes of conduct prohibited under this section,
	visual material to which that conduct applies includes a depiction
	of a child:
	(1)  who is recognizable as an actual person by the
	person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic,
	such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature; and
	(2)  whose image as a child younger than 18 years of age
	was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual material,
	including computer-generated visual material:
	(A)  that was created, adapted, or modified using
	an artificial intelligence application or other computer software;
	or
	(B)  that was printed or reproduced on an
	anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot that has the
	features of a child and that is intended to be used for sexual
	stimulation or gratification.
	SECTION 2.  Section 43.262(b-1), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b-1)  For purposes of conduct prohibited under Subsection
	(b), visual material to which that conduct applies includes a
	depiction of a child:
	(1)  who is recognizable as an actual person by the
	person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic,
	such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature; and
	(2)  whose image as a child younger than 18 years of age
	was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual material,
	including computer-generated visual material:
	(A)  that was created, adapted, or modified using
	an artificial intelligence application or other computer software;
	or
	(B)  that was printed or reproduced on an
	anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot that has the
	features of a child and that is intended to be used for sexual
	stimulation or gratification.
	SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Penal Code 43.26 (Penal Code 43)