TX HB4911

Creates a new criminal offense for possessing or accessing AI-generated or computer-generated sexually explicit images depicting children that are "virtually indistinguishable" from actual children, classified as a state jail felony with enhanced penalties for larger quantities or repeat offenders

Increases penalties for possession of child sexual abuse material based on quantity: 10-49 images elevates to second-degree felony, 50+ images or video depicting sexual assault elevates to first-degree felony with minimum 15-year sentence

Establishes enhanced punishments (up to life imprisonment with 25-year minimum) for offenders who work at child-care facilities, residential treatment centers, youth shelters, or receive state funds for child care

Creates specific offense category for displaying child sexual abuse material in school libraries, punishable as first-degree felony with 25-year minimum sentence

Adds "should have known" standard to knowledge requirements for prosecution, creates rebuttable presumption that depicted children are actual rather than computer-generated, and provides affirmative defenses for bona fide educational, medical, judicial, or law enforcement purposes