Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

Summary

The bill expands Texas law to criminalize the possession, viewing, and promotion of visual material that depicts a child—or a computer‑generated child—engaging in sexual conduct. Penalties range from state jail felonies to life imprisonment, increasing with prior convictions, the number of depictions, and whether the material involves a child under ten or is displayed in a school library. It also adds defenses for law‑enforcement and school officials and updates procedural rules for handling such evidence in court.

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