Texas Penal Code
§ 21.17 — VOYEURISM
PE § 21.17Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 21. SEXUAL OFFENSES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person, with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of the actor, observes, including remotely through the use of electronic means, another person without the other person's consent while the other person is in a dwelling or structure in which the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c)An offense under this section is a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that:
(1)the actor has previously been convicted of an offense under this section;
(2)the victim was a child younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offense; or
(3)the offense was committed in a location that was on the premises of a postsecondary educational institution.
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 326 (H.B. 2306), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 557 (H.B. 1422), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2025.