TITLE: Relating to increasing the criminal punishment for the offense of invasive visual recording.

SUMMARY: Relating to increasing the criminal punishment for the offense of invasive visual recording.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to increasing the criminal punishment for the offense of invasive visual recording. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.15(c), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony,except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if the victim of the offense was younger than 18 years of age at the time the offense was committed, regardless of whether the actor knew the age of the victim at the time of the offense.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, 2019.