Texas Penal Code
§ 21.15 — INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING
PE § 21.15Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 21. SEXUAL OFFENSES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Female breast" means any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola.
(2)"Intimate area" means the naked or clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female breast of a person.
(3)"Changing room" means a room or portioned area provided for or primarily used for the changing of clothing and includes dressing rooms, locker rooms, and swimwear changing areas. (3-a) "Place in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy" means a place in which a reasonable person would believe that the person could disrobe in privacy, without being concerned that the act of undressing would be photographed or visually recorded by another or that a visual image of the person undressing would be broadcasted or transmitted by another. The term includes a bathroom, bedroom, and changing room.
(4)"Promote" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.21.
(b)A person commits an offense if, without the other person's consent and with intent to invade the privacy of the other person, the person:
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 306 (H.B. 1804), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 955 (S.B. 1317), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 955 (S.B. 1317), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 248 (H.B. 1465), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 248 (H.B. 1465), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.