S.B. No. 20 (Texas) — effective September 1, 2025
For S.B. No. 20 (Texas), effective date is September 1, 2025; what it applies to is possession, promotion or production of obscene visual material appearing to depict a child, including an image created using an artificial intelligence model, recorded from its source on 2026-09-08.
- Jurisdiction
- Texas our reading
- Instrument
- S.B. No. 20 verified
- Effective date
- September 1, 2025 verified
- What it applies to
- possession, promotion or production of obscene visual material appearing to depict a child, including an image created using an artificial intelligence model our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
— capitol.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-09-08
Where each value comes from
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Instrument
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 20 passed the Senate
— all from capitol.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-09-08
Source
- capitol.texas.govhttps://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00020F.htm
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