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TX HB347

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

James Talarico

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds "lactation room" to the list of protected spaces under Texas's invasive visual recording statute (Section 21.15, Penal Code), alongside bathrooms and changing rooms

  • Defines "lactation room" as any room or partitioned area provided for or primarily used for expressing breast milk, breast-feeding an infant, or addressing other breast-feeding-related needs

  • Makes it a criminal offense to photograph, videotape, record, broadcast, or transmit a visual image of another person in a lactation room without consent and with intent to invade privacy

  • Applies only to offenses committed on or after the effective date; prior offenses remain governed by former law

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room.

Crimes

Last Action

Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

2/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Criminal Jurisprudence2/28/2025

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