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.