{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-552.057","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 552.057","heading":"CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.","body":"A person may not:\n(1) develop or distribute an artificial intelligence system with the sole intent of producing, assisting or aiding in producing, or distributing:\n(A) visual material in violation of Section 43.26, Penal Code; or\n(B) deep fake videos or images in violation of Section 21.165, Penal Code; or\n(2) intentionally develop or distribute an artificial intelligence system that engages in text-based conversations that simulate or describe sexual conduct, as that term is defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code, while impersonating or imitating a child younger than 18 years of age.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 149), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2026.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION","SUBTITLE D. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROTECTION","CHAPTER 552. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROTECTION","SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES AND PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.552.htm#552.057","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"12a512249e4f17ae099ef111af41616c65d9d28b11d15fcf464aeffdaf38eb2e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-552.056","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-552.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}