Statutes: Texas

(a) In this section:
 

(1) “Deep fake video” means 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.
 

(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 video that appears to depict the person with the person’s intimate parts exposed or engaged in sexual conduct.
 

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
 

(d) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section or the other law.