Monitoring the Session

HB 387

Bill Adds Still Images To Sexual Deep Fake Offense

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Terri Leo WilsonRHouse 23

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 unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit images or videos using deep fake technology; increasing a criminal penalty.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Penalty jumps from Class A misdemeanor to state jail felony, for pictures and videos alike.

The bill widens the existing Texas offense for sexual deep fake videos so it also covers still images, and it raises the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony. It touches anyone who knowingly makes or shares by electronic means a fake image or video showing a real person nude or in sexual conduct without that person's consent. Starting September 1, 2025, making or sharing such a fake picture, not just a video, becomes an offense, and the punishment for both is heavier.

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-HB387 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Terri Leo WilsonRHouse 23

+ 5 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit images or videos using deep fake technology; increasing a criminal penalty.

WHAT IT DOES

Penalty jumps from Class A misdemeanor to state jail felony, for pictures and videos alike.

The bill widens the existing Texas offense for sexual deep fake videos so it also covers still images, and it raises the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony. It touches anyone who knowingly makes or shares by electronic means a fake image or video showing a real person nude or in sexual conduct without that person's consent. Starting September 1, 2025, making or sharing such a fake picture, not just a video, becomes an offense, and the punishment for both is heavier.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  4. Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
FILED UNDER

SPEECH AND LAWFARE

THE TEXT

…“knowingly produces or distributes by electronic means a deep fake image or video that appears to depict the person with the person's intimate parts exposed or engaged in sexual conduct.”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill makes it an offense to create or share fake sexual images, not just videos, of a real person without consent, and it raises the penalty.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Terri Leo Wilson

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$525KTexas Conservative Majority PAC$50KDustin Burrows Campaign$45K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 23, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$525,040.28

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$525,040.28

Cash
$65,000.00
Paid by others
$460,040.28
Total
$525,040.28
advertising $253,649.00mail $170,891.28polling $35,500.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Aug 23, 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.

Report IDs: 100994567, 101011936, 101042004, 101042009, 101070547.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$50,000.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$50,000.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$50,000.00
Total
$50,000.00
canvassing $50,000.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Feb 20, 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.

Report IDs: 101042009.

Dustin Burrows Campaign$45,000.00

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$45,000.00

Cash
$35,000.00
Paid by others
$10,000.00
Total
$45,000.00
polling $10,000.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 31, 2025 to Feb 24, 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.

Report IDs: 101011936, 101028233, 101042004.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$525,040.28

Cash
$65,000.00
Paid by others
$460,040.28
Total
$525,040.28
advertising $253,649.00mail $170,891.28polling $35,500.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Aug 23, 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.

Report IDs: 100994567, 101011936, 101042004, 101042009, 101070547.

×

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$50,000.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$50,000.00
Total
$50,000.00
canvassing $50,000.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Feb 20, 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.

Report IDs: 101042009.

×

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$45,000.00

Cash
$35,000.00
Paid by others
$10,000.00
Total
$45,000.00
polling $10,000.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 31, 2025 to Feb 24, 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.

Report IDs: 101011936, 101028233, 101042004.

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

03/25/2025 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors
Caroline Harris DavilaRHouse 52 Keresa RichardsonRHouse 61 Joanne ShofnerRHouse 11 David SpillerRHouse 68 Valoree SwansonRHouse 150

House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Artificial Intelligence (IQ7C5)

Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual

Crimes--Miscellaneous

Science & Technology

Text

The text as introduced · 298 words

89R546 CJD-F

By: Leo Wilson
H.B. No. 387

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually

explicit images or videos using deep fake technology; increasing a

criminal penalty.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.165, Penal Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 21.165. UNLAWFUL PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN

SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES OR VIDEOS.

SECTION 2. Section 21.165(a)(1), Penal Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(1) "Deep fake image or video" means an image or [ a ]

video, created with the intent to deceive, that appears to depict a

real person performing an action that did not occur in reality.

SECTION 3. Sections 21.165(b) and (c), Penal Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(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

image or 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 state jail felony

[ Class A misdemeanor ].

SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.