HB 1465 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.

This bill adds invasive visual recording (Section 21.15 of the Texas Penal Code) to the list of offenses requiring mandatory sex offender registration. It directly affects individuals convicted of recording someone without consent in private areas, such as bathrooms or changing rooms. The law expands existing registration requirements by including this specific crime under the definition of "reportable conviction" in the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bill was signed into law on May 29, 2025, and takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 11, 2025 Signed May 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

Engrossed Enrolled · 3 edits · May 29, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates the definition of 'reportable conviction' for sex offender registration to include invasive visual recording offenses, clarifies what constitutes a 'place in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy' to include bathrooms, bedrooms, and changing rooms, and sets the effective date for the law to September 1, 2025.
Scope change
The bill expands sex offender registration requirements to include convictions for invasive visual recording offenses and clarifies privacy expectations in residential spaces.
DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'reportable conviction or adjudication' to explicitly include violations of Section 21.15 (invasive visual recording) of the Penal Code.

Added new subdivision (3-a) defining 'place in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy' to include bathrooms, bedrooms, and changing rooms.

TIMELINE

Established September 1, 2025 as the effective date for the changes in law.

Floor votes · House May 1, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
48
Key actions
16
Committee
11
May 29, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
May 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice
upper
May 5, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 5, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 8 co-sponsors

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