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.     ______________________________   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.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor