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• You couldn't even fake me singing it badly, because that's how good I am. The whole reason...
• This section of the election code is when someone does something, makes a fake video of you right before
• If you use a deep fake for the... I'm sorry.
• animated cartoon on social media that I share with my friends, but someone out there considers it a fake
• Again, not reiterating what already exists in code, the legislature has already decided we don't want fake

Bills: HB304, HB401, HB556, HB1475, HB1489, HB2259, HB2424, HB2773, HB2811, HB3323, HB304

Keywords: voter ID, citizenship proof, provisional ballot, election security, Texas, voting rights, deep fakes, misleading videos, election integrity, criminal offense, digital misinformation, deep fake, political manipulation, misinformation, artificial media, political influence, artificially generated media, election influence, Texas Election Code, healthcare reform

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• Port Aransas has long been recognized for its deep-rooted fishing heritage.
• Notably, the Deep Sea Roundup, now in its eighth decade, is one of the oldest and most respected saltwater

Bills: SCR4, SCR18, SCR31, SCR43, SCR46

Keywords: Pflugerville, Trail Capital, health and wellness, outdoor recreation, community connectivity, patriotism, town designation, community engagement, Trophy Club, Texas Town of Patriotism, Mineola, Sweets Capital, Texas, local economy, cultural identity, community events, Port Aransas, Mustang Island, Fishing Capital of Texas, Texas fishing

Summary: The Senate Committee on Administration met with a quorum and heard several Senate Concurrent Resolutions recognizing Texas places and traditions. SCR 46, by Senator Sparks, proposed renaming the New York strip steak as the Texas strip steak to honor Texas cattle production and the state’s beef industry. No public testimony was offered, and the committee voted 4 ayes and 1 present not voting to report it favorably to the full Senate. The committee also heard SCR 18, by Senator Parker, designating Trophy Club as a symbol of Texas patriotism, SCR 4, by Senator Eckhardt, naming Pflugerville the Trail Capital of Texas, and SCR 43, by Senator Hinojosa, designating Port Aransas as the official fishing capital of Texas for 10 years. Each resolution received no public testimony, was reported favorably by unanimous or near-unanimous committee vote, and was placed on the local and uncontested calendar for April 24, 2025. Afterward, the committee reviewed the April 24 local and uncontested calendar, noting several bills removed because of penalties, fiscal notes, or significant opposition, with SB 1727 specifically raised by a member. The committee then certified the April 24, 2025 list by a 6-0 vote and recessed. SCR 31 was left pending.

Bills: SCR4, SCR18, SCR31, SCR43, SCR46

Keywords: Pflugerville, Trail Capital, health and wellness, outdoor recreation, community connectivity, patriotism, town designation, community engagement, Trophy Club, Texas Town of Patriotism, Mineola, Sweets Capital, Texas, local economy, cultural identity, community events, Port Aransas, Mustang Island, Fishing Capital of Texas, Texas fishing

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• purpose of today's hearing is to take up and consider items related to A.I. child sexual abuse material. deep
• fakes, and affirmative defense.
• During the interim, Senate Governor Patrick asked us to study how predators use deep fake technology
• So the misuse of AI to create non-consensual intimate visual materials often cause deep fakes has grown
• even reports with our reports indicating 96% of deep fake videos online are fake. pornographic, targeting

Bills: SB20, SB1621, SB412, SB441, SB442

Keywords: child protection, sexual offenses, visual material, artificial intelligence, criminal penalties, law enforcement, defense against prosecution, obscenity, judicial officer, deepfake, deep fake, synthetic media, AI-generated content, machine learning, nonconsensual pornography, revenge porn, sexually explicit media, intimate images, digital manipulation, visual depiction

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• Members, explicit deep fake material is... Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• HB 3133 adds explicit deep fake material to the list of content for which social media platforms must
• I certainly support the bill, but on page three, line five, it says investigation of explicit deep fake
• A social media platform that receives notice of explicit deep fake material on a social media platform
• The way that's worded, it makes the presumption that all reports of something being a deep fake are in

Bills: HB668, HB677, HB766, HB3133, SB3070

Keywords: HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code

Summary: The committee met to hear several bills, beginning with House Bill 766, which would require precinct chair applicants to provide an email address, phone number, or both on their applications while keeping that contact information confidential. No one testified for or against the bill, and it was left pending. House Bill 677, a companion to a previously approved Senate bill, would bar county election administrators from simultaneously holding another office or position appointed by an elected official; it also drew no public testimony and was left pending. Members then heard House Bill 3133, which would add explicit deepfake material to the list of content social media platforms must handle through complaint systems, including prompt acknowledgment, investigation, and status updates. Senators discussed concerns about how platforms would verify whether reported content was actually a deepfake, and the sponsor indicated the bill may be held pending while federal law on the subject is reviewed. House Bill 668 would create a one-year grace period for renewing an expired Texas handgun license to carry, codifying an existing DPS practice; it also received no testimony and was left pending. The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 3070, a major overhaul of the Texas Lottery system. The bill would move oversight from the Lottery Commission to TDLR, dissolve the commission, impose new restrictions on ticket sales and internet play, create a lottery advisory committee, increase transparency and audit requirements, and include a sunset review that could lead to abolishing the lottery if not continued by 2027. The author described the bill as a response to alleged misconduct and illegal practices by the commission, while a witness from the Christian Life Commission testified in favor, supporting changes to prize anonymity and other lottery restrictions. After testimony, the bill was left pending, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Members, explicit deep fake material is a growing concern on social media.
• HB 3133 adds explicit deep fake material to the law.
• I certainly support the bill, but on page 3, line 5, it says investigation... ...of explicit deep fake
• to determine whether the content reported by the user is explicit deep fake material.
• It makes the presumption that all reports of something being a deep fake are in fact true.

Bills: HB668, HB677, HB766, HB3133, SB3070

Keywords: HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code

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• I certainly agree with you on the problem of deep fakes.
• And also, when it comes to these deep fakes, there is a line.
• Or is it a, is it a deep, what is it, explicit deepfake? fake generator or does that matter?
• I mean it's a deep fake generator. Anybody who does.
• You know, again, I'm looking at deep fake generator definition.

Bills: HB32, HB15, HB171, HB421, HB581, HB644, HB745, HB349, HB917, HB204, HB923, HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581

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• You will recall this bill got very deep into the process in the Senate and just died at the very end,
• would have... the benefit of some time to find a new temporary job, to ask friends or family to dig deep

Bills: HB32, HB15, HB171, HB421, HB581, HB644, HB745, HB349, HB917, HB204, HB923, HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581

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• used my face and widely available deep used my face and widely available deep fake<00:04:02.640>
• the victim of a deep fake and face swap the victim of a deep fake and face swap technology<00:08
• <00:10:43.120> fake say is that because the Deep fake say is that because the Deep fake dissemination
• of<00:11:20.360> us of these deep fake images many of us of these deep fake images many of
• porn<00:13:49.240> laws existing deep fake and revenge porn laws existing deep fake and revenge

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Who said I'm not against deep fakes as relating to children?
• It says a deep fake video and y'all, as you said earlier, are several definitions of what all is a deep
• Now we have deep fake, all these other deep fake tools, and um, so again, I, I'm not, we're not here
• It basically bans AI of deep fake videos 30 days before an election.
• What if a 2-year-old deep fake had been out there for a while?

Bills: HB304

Keywords: franchise tax credit, food desert, grocery store, healthy corner store, nutrition assistance, economic development, public health

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• This legislature took great strides to prohibit the dissemination of non-consensual sexual deep fakes
• <00:04:00.400> fakes<00:04:00.720> in non-consensual sexual deep fakes in non-consensual
• sexual deep fakes in 2023,<00:04:02.000> but<00:04:02.159> we<00:04:02.400> base
• criminalizing the dissemination of deep criminalizing the dissemination of deep fakes.<00:04:22.960
• Um, we could, I suppose, criminalize the possession or the creation of deep fake sexual imagery, but

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This morning, we have about 23 bills to consider, addressing issues ranging from sexual assault and deep
• fake technology to the crime of jugging.
• This morning, we have about 23 bills to consider, addressing issues ranging from sexual assault and deep
• fake technology to the crime of jugging.

Bills: HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305, HB449, HB908, HB 1024, HB 1306, HB1443, HB1445, HB1741, HB1866, HB1902, HB2001, HB2282, HB2355, HB2492, HB2637, HB2697, HB3464, HB4263, HB4996, HB5667

Keywords: sexual assault, victim rights, forensic examination, medical care, trauma-informed care, crime victims compensation, evidence retention, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, animal cruelty, nonlivestock, prosecution, veterinary defense, animal welfare, pretrial hearings

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met with a quorum and heard a long agenda of bills on criminal justice, public safety, mental health, victims’ rights, and related administrative issues. Early bills included HB 47, the omnibus sexual assault survivors bill, which would expand post-assault care, require courts to consider delays for adult survivors, bar sex offenders from rideshare driving, allow lease termination regardless of where an assault occurred, and require more reporting from sexual assault response teams. Testimony was generally supportive, though one witness raised concern that the bill’s reporting requirements could jeopardize county grant funding. HB 171, the Annel Borrego Act, would set a minimum period for court-ordered chemical dependency treatment; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 908 would require missing children reports to be sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children within two hours, and HB 1443 would criminalize possession and promotion of childlike sex dolls; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 567, changing juvenile board chair selection in Parker County, and HB 4263, a TJJD workforce retention bill, were also heard and left pending after brief discussion and adoption of committee substitutes where applicable. The committee also heard several bills focused on jail and prison safety, court process, and victim protection. HB 2282 would raise the arrest warrant fee from $50 to $75; constables supported it as a cost-recovery measure, while the Texas Fair Defense Project opposed it as a regressive fee that burdens low-income defendants. HB 3464 would increase penalties for correctional employees who bring drugs or alcohol into prisons, with support from Harris County jail officials and a formerly incarcerated advocate who described the dangers of contraband and retaliation. HB 285, “Poncho’s Law,” would add criminal negligence to non-livestock animal cruelty offenses; animal welfare advocates said it would close a loophole that lets pet service businesses avoid accountability, and the bill was left pending. HB 2355 would keep certain Crime Victims Compensation records confidential when held by the Attorney General, and HB 2637 would standardize jury exemption ages and clean up jury disqualification reporting; both were left pending after limited testimony. Mental health and competency-related bills received significant attention. HB 305 would require a pretrial hearing within 14 days after a defendant is restored to competency, aimed at reducing repeated decompensation and the forensic waitlist; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 1741 would tighten procedures for not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity outpatient commitments by requiring a stronger nexus to the receiving county and clearer supervision authority; law enforcement and mental health witnesses said it would improve public safety and treatment success. HB 2492 would make the four-hour family-violence post-bond cooling-off period mandatory rather than discretionary, and HB 1445 would allow a managed assigned counsel director to designate someone to approve certain payments for indigent defense attorneys; both were left pending. HB 1024 would require prompt execution of warrants for parole violators on superintensive supervision, and HB 1306 would extend first-responder-style benefits to death investigation professionals; neither drew opposition in the hearing. The committee also heard a series of public integrity and technology bills. HB 449 would expand the deepfake sexual content statute to include sexually explicit images, with Public Citizen supporting the change as necessary to address a rapidly growing problem. HB 1902 would create a new offense for “jugging,” or following bank or ATM customers to rob them; the Texas Bankers Association supported it. HB 2697 would require sureties to notify prosecutors before surrendering a felony defendant’s bond, and HB 2001 would sharply increase penalties for misuse of public information for financial gain and related coercion, with prosecutors and Texas Rangers describing bid-rigging and public corruption investigations as difficult to prove under current law because of short limitations periods and limited penalties. HB 1866 would grant Texas peace officer authority to National Park Service rangers within Texas park boundaries, and HB 4996 would increase penalties for fraudulent liens filed against public servants. Throughout the hearing, most bills were left pending after testimony, and several committee substitutes were adopted without objection.

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• the fraudsters conduct these attacks at scale, often attempting to enroll hundreds or thousands of fake
• If these fake students manage to get enrolled, they don't apply for Pell Grants and other federal college
• the fraudsters conduct these attacks at scale, often attempting to enroll hundreds or thousands of fake
• the fraudsters conduct these attacks at scale, often attempting to enroll hundreds or thousands of fake
• the fraudsters conduct these attacks at scale, often attempting to enroll hundreds or thousands of fake

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• synthetic media, commonly known as deep synthetic media, commonly known as deep fakes,<00:19:08.320
• > to require these deep fake election ads to require these deep fake election ads to include<00:19
• <00:23:52.400> fake definition uh would require a deep fake definition uh would require a
• Um, did the committee consider just banning deep fakes?
• And if Senator from Chittenden: I’m wondering if the committee considered just banning deep fakes.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Moreover, the advent of artificial intelligence and deep fake technology has added a new dimension to
• And I only ask because we had uh Representative Gonzalez's bill early this morning, adding deep fake
• Deep fake materials.
• This bill, House Bill 235, is adding any sort of AI-produced deep fake material to both.
• Deep fake, um. Prohibitions or or deep fake crimes within 2116 when we, we just passed 21165.

Bills: HB207, HB235

Keywords: HB 207, Texas Government Code, Section 411.201, license to carry, LTC, handgun license, concealed carry, federal judge, immigration judge, immigration court, U.S. immigration court, judicial security, firearm carry permit, Texas handgun license, federal judiciary, HB235, Texas, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption, disabled veteran

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• /c><00:03:19.440> sexually deep fake porn and other sexually deep fake porn and other sexually
• Deep fakes weaponize our very likeness and rob us of reality.
• photo of a classmate and create a deep photo of a classmate and create a deep faith<00:10:13.839
• <00:12:45.120> fake<00:12:45.440> and experience as a victim of deep fake and experience
• as a victim of deep fake and face<00:12:46.079> swap<00:12:46.480> technology<00:12:46.959

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It says protecting kids from deep fakes, but it applies to everybody.
• It says protecting kids from deep fakes, but it applies to everybody.
• It says protecting kids from deep fakes, but it applies to everybody.
• fakes, but it applies to kids from deep fakes, but it applies to everybody.<01:12:49.040> Um<
• <01:12:59.679> fake child exploitation, but the deep fake child exploitation, but the deep

Keywords: 916, all

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• <03:18:13.279> done a lot of deep fakes are very poorly done a lot of deep fakes are very
• malicious deep fakes? malicious deep fakes?
• Lincoln imagine a deep fake of Abraham Lincoln imagine a deep fake of Abraham Lincoln telling<03:
• <03:18:59.040> Um, malicious deep fake. Um, malicious deep fake.
• > also malicious deep fake, but there's also malicious deep fake, but there's also real<03:23:51.200

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• fake technology to uh commit crimes, we will vigorously prosecute those cases.
• fake technology to uh commit crimes, we will vigorously prosecute those cases.
• deep fake technology to using uh AI or deep fake technology to uh<00:09:21.839> commit<00:09:
• <00:30:40.480> fake<00:30:41.039> to artificial intelligence def deep fake to artificial
• intelligence def deep fake to digital<00:30:41.840> replica<00:30:42.399> throughout<00

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Labor and Technology Committee heard testimony on several measures. SB 2245 would tighten revolving-door restrictions for state employees by barring new employees from acting on matters they worked on before state service and imposing a 12-month post-employment restriction for certain former Governor and Lieutenant Governor staff; the Ethics Commission and League of Women Voters supported it, and the committee later passed it as is. SB 99 would allow certain retirees to return to work as school resource officers or investigators without losing retirement benefits; the Attorney General supported the investigator portion, ERS and other agencies offered comments and suggested amendments, and the committee passed the bill with amendments, including changes from the Attorney General, ERS, and the Department of Law Enforcement, plus a far-future effective date. SB 2304, which would expand identity theft law to cover AI/deepfake or materially deceptive media impersonation, drew opposition from the Attorney General and Honolulu Prosecutor over prosecution burdens and First Amendment concerns, while some prosecutors and others supported it; the committee deferred the bill. SB 2115, dealing with collective bargaining impasse procedures for repricing public employee classes, drew opposition from human resources officials who said arbitrators lack the technical expertise needed, while unions and HGA supported the measure; the committee deferred decision-making to a later hearing. The committee also heard SB 1036, a net neutrality bill that would bar broadband providers from blocking, prioritizing, or zero-rating traffic. Supporters argued Hawaii needs stronger consumer protections, while the Hawaii Broadband Office said it saw no current problem in Hawaii and warned the bill could affect federal BEAD funding unless exempted; the committee deferred the measure. SB 1163 would prohibit the sale of geolocation and browser data and data collected through microphone-based background apps; Consumer Protection supported the intent but urged a broader privacy framework, and the Honolulu Prosecutor sought an exemption for lawful law-enforcement investigations, which the committee later accepted along with Hawaiian Telecom’s proposed amendments before passing the bill with amendments. SB 2076 would update publicity-rights law to address AI/deepfake uses of a person’s likeness; testimony supported the goal and amendments from the Recording Industry Association of America, and the committee passed the bill with amendments, including replacing references to AI/deepfake with “digital replica.” After hearing testimony, the committee recessed briefly to obtain quorum and then reconvened for decision-making. It adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass SB 2245 as is, passed SB 99 with amendments, deferred SB 2304, deferred SB 2115 to a later hearing, deferred SB 1036, passed SB 1163 with amendments, and passed SB 2076 with amendments. The meeting then adjourned.

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• > I generated deep fakes during elections I generated deep fakes during elections I co-sponsored
• <03:11:22.239> a pretty good deep fake that will fool a pretty good deep fake that will fool
• <03:12:41.239> fakes 66414 C that mentions deep fakes 66414 C that mentions deep fakes produced
• Digital media technology has... it prohibited only deep fakes generated it prohibited only deep fakes
• <03:19:38.000> deep<03:19:38.279> fake justification for a a deep deep fake justification

Keywords: 1189, house, all