Texas Penal Code
§ 21.16 — UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL
PE § 21.16Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 21. SEXUAL OFFENSES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Intimate parts" means the naked genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female nipple of a person.
(2)"Promote" means to procure, manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or advertise or to offer or agree to do any of the above.
(3)"Sexual conduct" means sexual contact, actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, or sadomasochistic abuse.
(4)"Simulated" means the explicit depiction of sexual conduct that creates the appearance of actual sexual conduct and during which a person engaging in the conduct exhibits any uncovered portion of the breasts, genitals, or buttocks.
(5)"Visual material" means:
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 858 (H.B. 2552), Sec. 16(b), eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1354 (H.B. 98), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 847 (S.B. 1621), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.