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  89R13053 TYPED     By: Fairly H.B. No. 2551       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to sexually explicit visual material.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.165, Penal Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 21.165.  UNLAWFUL PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN   SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VISUAL MATERIAL [ VIDEOS ].          SECTION 2. Sections 21.165 (a) and (b), Penal Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  In this section:          (1)  "Deep fake visual material [ video ]" means visual   material [ a video ], created with the intent to deceive, that   appears to depict a real person performing an action that did not   occur in reality.          (2)  "Intimate parts" and "sexual conduct" have the meanings   assigned by Section 21.16.           (3)       "Visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section   43.26(b)(3), Penal Code.          (b)  A person commits an offense if, without the effective   consent of the person appearing to be depicted, the person   knowingly produces or distributes by electronic means a deep fake   visual material [ video ] that appears to depict the person with the   person's intimate parts exposed or engaged in sexual conduct.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.