Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 98B.001 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 98B.001Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT · Ch. 98B. UNLAWFUL PRODUCTION, SOLICITATION, DISCLOSURE, OR PROMOTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL

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(1)"Artificial intimate visual material" means computer-generated intimate visual material that was produced, adapted, or modified using an artificial intelligence application or other computer software in which the person is recognizable as an actual person by a person's face, likeness, voice, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature which, when viewed by a reasonable person, is indistinguishable from the person depicted. (1-a) "Consent" means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement, made by a person freely and without coercion, fraud, or misrepresentation. (1-b) "Intimate parts," "promote," "sexual conduct," and "visual material" have the meanings assigned by Section 21.16, Penal Code.

(2)"Intimate visual material" means visual material that depicts a person:

(A)with the person's intimate parts exposed; or

(B)engaged in sexual conduct.

(3)"Nudification application" means an artificial intelligence application that is primarily designed and marketed for the purpose of producing artificial intimate visual material.

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1133 (S.B. 441), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.