---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit videos using deep fake technology; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit videos using deep fake technology; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1361"
citation: "Texas SB 1361 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "VIDEOTAPE & FILM (S2361)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Huffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8e56405-b093-4687-b0c0-35c4953726c4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1361.xml"
source_hash: "225156b159a78350d930a1533087e40634b6981d3b3cfe575eb54ef6db5db9fa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 1361 (88) — Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit videos using deep fake technology; creating a criminal offense.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01361I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01361E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01361H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01361S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01361F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8e56405-b093-4687-b0c0-35c4953726c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).