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TX SB20
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Peter Flores
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AI Summary
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Creates a new criminal offense for knowingly possessing, accessing with intent to view, or promoting obscene visual material depicting what appears to be a child under 18 engaging in sexual conduct, regardless of whether the depiction is of an actual child, cartoon/animation, or AI-generated content
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Criminalizes using images of actual children under 18 to train artificial intelligence models to produce child pornography
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Classifies the base offense as a state jail felony, escalating to a third-degree felony for one prior conviction of related obscenity offenses, and a second-degree felony for two or more prior convictions
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Allows sentences for multiple offenses under this section arising from the same criminal episode to run consecutively rather than concurrently
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Adds the new offense to the list of predicate crimes for engaging in organized criminal activity, effective September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
Criminal Procedure
Last Action
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025