H.B. No. 2306
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of voyeurism.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.17(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(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.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2306 was passed by the House on April
20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 6, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2306 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor