HB 347
bill adding lactation rooms to invasive visual recording law
Died in committee
Verdict: No flags
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
Caption
relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Summary
Lactation rooms join bathrooms and changing rooms on the list.
The bill adds lactation rooms to the list of places where secretly photographing or recording someone is an offense, next to bathrooms and changing rooms. It defines a lactation room as a room or area set aside or mainly used for pumping breast milk, breast-feeding, or related needs. People using those rooms gain the same protection as people in bathrooms, and the change covers conduct on or after September 1, 2025.
Labels
Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Receipt
The receipt
89R-HB347 · 2024-11-12
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ITEM
relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room.
WHAT IT DOES
Lactation rooms join bathrooms and changing rooms on the list.
The bill adds lactation rooms to the list of places where secretly photographing or recording someone is an offense, next to bathrooms and changing rooms. It defines a lactation room as a room or area set aside or mainly used for pumping breast milk, breast-feeding, or related needs. People using those rooms gain the same protection as people in bathrooms, and the change covers conduct on or after September 1, 2025.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
HISTORY
- Filed
- Read first time
- Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
FILED UNDER
No verified beat found.
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Sources
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
Votes
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
Fiscal
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
How this was graded
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Sources
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
02/28/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Feb 28 2025 11:02AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Final status: Died in committee
Subjects
Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual
Women
Text
The text as introduced · 323 words
89R1639 LHC-D By: Talarico H.B. No. 347 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.15(a), Penal Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows: (5) "Lactation room" means a room or portioned area provided for or primarily used for the purpose of: (A) expressing breast milk; (B) breast-feeding an infant child; or (C) addressing other needs related to breast-feeding. SECTION 2. Section 21.15(b), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A person commits an offense if, without the other person's consent and with intent to invade the privacy of the other person, the person: (1) photographs or by videotape or other electronic means records, broadcasts, or transmits a visual image of an intimate area of another person if the other person has a reasonable expectation that the intimate area is not subject to public view; (2) photographs or by videotape or other electronic means records, broadcasts, or transmits a visual image of another in a bathroom , [ or ] changing room , or lactation room ; or (3) knowing the character and content of the photograph, recording, broadcast, or transmission, promotes a photograph, recording, broadcast, or transmission described by Subdivision (1) or (2). SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.