All Roll Calls
Yes: 450 • No: 1
TexasHB 58189th Legislature Regular SessionHouse
Relating to the creation of artificial sexual material harmful to minors.
Sponsored By: Linda Garcia, Mary E. González, Bryan Hughes (Republican), Suleman Lalani
Signed by Governor
Artificial IntelligenceBusiness & Commerce--Trade PracticesCivil Remedies & LiabilitiesMinors--Health & SafetyINTERNET
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Civil penalties for sexual content businesses
Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas extends civil penalties to covered apps and violations of source age-and-consent rules. Covered businesses face up to $10,000 per day for age-check violations. Unlawfully keeping identifying information carries a penalty of up to $10,000 per instance. An age-check violation that lets one or more minors access covered material carries up to an additional $250,000. These are maximum civil penalties, not payments to households.
New safeguards for artificial sexual content
Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas requires safeguards for tools that create artificial sexual material harmful to minors. This covers sexual material made or changed by artificial intelligence or other software that shows a recognizable person. Covered businesses offering public creation tools or apps must check that users are at least 18. Checks use digital identification or commercial systems based on government identification or reasonably reliable public or private transaction data. Age-check providers cannot keep identifying information. Businesses must also ensure that each person used as a source is at least 18 and consents to use of their face and body. Both requirements exempt businesses that ban this content, have users acknowledge the ban, and actively use technology to limit its creation. Those safeguards include reporting tools, detecting likely sexual material, and filtering data, explicit content, and training datasets before showing material to users.
Limited liability for internet service providers
Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas limits liability for internet providers, their affiliates and subsidiaries, search engines, and cloud services. They are protected solely for providing access or related services to covered material on networks outside their control. The protection applies when they did not create the content. This shields those providers while limiting when they can be held responsible under this law.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Linda Garcia
House
Mary E. González
House
Bryan Hughes
Republican • Senate
Suleman Lalani
House
Cosponsors
Brent Hagenbuch
Republican • Senate
Terry M. Wilson
House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/28/2025
Record vote
Yes: 133 • No: 1
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 4/24/2025
Record vote
Yes: 146 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2025
Record vote
Yes: 149 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Committee vote: State Affairs
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025HouseSigned by the Governor
6/20/2025HouseSent to the Governor
5/31/2025HouseSigned in the Senate
5/31/2025SenateSigned in the House
5/30/2025HouseReported enrolled
5/29/2025HouseHouse concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
5/28/2025SenateText of Senate Amendment(s)
5/28/2025HouseStatement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
5/28/2025HouseRecord vote (RV#3951)
5/28/2025HouseHouse concurs in Senate amendment(s)
5/28/2025HouseSenate Amendments Analysis distributed
5/23/2025HouseSenate Amendments distributed
5/23/2025HouseSenate passage as amended reported
5/22/2025HouseRecord vote
5/22/2025SenatePassed
5/22/2025SenateRead 3rd time
5/22/2025SenateRecord vote
5/22/2025SenateThree day rule suspended
5/22/2025SenateVote recorded in Journal
5/22/2025SenatePassed to 3rd reading as amended
5/22/2025SenateVote recorded in Journal
5/22/2025SenateAmended
5/22/2025SenateAmendment(s) offered (FA1 Hughes)
5/22/2025SenateRead 2nd time
5/22/2025Senate
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Committee Report
Introduced
Senate Committee Report
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