Binding law — in force
Verify users are 18+ before access to a tool that creates artificial sexual material, keeping no identity data (Texas CPRC 129B.002(a-1), (b))
From 2025-09-01, a commercial entity that operates an Internet website with a publicly accessible tool for creating artificial sexual material harmful to minors, or otherwise makes publicly available an application for creating such material, must use reasonable age verification methods (digital identification, or a commercial age verification system using government-issued identification or transactional data, 129B.003) to verify that an individual attempting to access the tool is 18 or older (Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code 129B.002(a-1)). The entity or its third-party verifier may not retain any identifying information of the individual (129B.002(b)). The duty does not apply to an entity whose acknowledged terms prohibit generating such material and which takes affirmative technological steps to limit its creation (129B.002(a-2)). Detect explicit or adult generation modes switched on with no age gate.
tx-hb581.age-verification-for-sexual-material-tools · Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code 129B.002(b) · official source · jurisdictions: US-TX