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.