Bill Text: TX HB1443 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion of a child-like sex doll.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [HB1443 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1443-Introduced.html
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| By: Schatzline | H.B. No. 1443 | |
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| relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion of a | ||
| child-like sex doll. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Penal Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 43.231 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.231. PROMOTION OF CHILD-LIKE SEX DOLL. (a) In this | ||
| section, "child-like sex doll" means an obscene, anatomically | ||
| correct doll, mannequin, or robot that has the features of a child | ||
| and that is intended to be used for sexual stimulation or | ||
| gratification. | ||
| (b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: | ||
| (1) promotes a child-like sex doll; or | ||
| (2) possesses, with the intent to promote, a | ||
| child-like sex doll. | ||
| (c) An offense under Subsection (b)(1) is a felony of the | ||
| third degree. | ||
| (d) An offense under Subsection (b)(2) is a Class A | ||
| misdemeanor. | ||
| (e) A person who possesses six or more child-like sex dolls | ||
| is presumed to possess the dolls with the intent to promote the | ||
| dolls. | ||
| (f) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this | ||
| section that the person who possesses or promotes the child-like | ||
| sex dolls does so for a bona fide law enforcement purpose. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
