Texas Penal Code

§ 43.262 — POSSESSION OR PROMOTION OF LEWD VISUAL MATERIAL DEPICTING CHILD

PE § 43.262Title 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY · Ch. 43. PUBLIC INDECENCY · Art. B. OBSCENITY

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(a)In this section:

(1)"Promote" and "sexual conduct" have the meanings assigned by Section 43.25.

(2)"Visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.26.

(b)A person commits an offense if the person knowingly possesses, accesses with intent to view, or promotes visual material that:

(1)depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of an unclothed, partially clothed, or clothed child who is younger than 18 years of age at the time the visual material was created;

(2)appeals to the prurient interest in sex; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2700), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 847 (S.B. 1621), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.