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      S.B. No. 487         AN ACT   relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of   victims of certain offenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 58, Code of   Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER D. CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF   VICTIMS OF STALKING , INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING, OR INDECENT ASSAULT          SECTION 2.  Article 58.151, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 58.151.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "victim"   means a person who is the subject of:                (1)  an offense that allegedly constitutes :                       (A)   stalking under Section 42.072, Penal Code ;                       (B)     invasive visual recording under Section   21.15, Penal Code; or                       (C)     indecent assault under Section 22.012, Penal   Code ; or                (2)  an offense that is part of the same criminal   episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, as an offense   described by Subdivision (1) [ under Section 42.072, Penal Code ].          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 487 passed the Senate on   March 26, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 487 passed the House on   April 29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, three   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor