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Tex. Penal Code § 42.05 — Disrupting meeting or procession

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 42: DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 42.05

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Penal Code § 42.05Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering, whether in person or virtual, the person obstructs or interferes with the meeting, procession, or gathering by: (1) physical action; (2) verbal utterance; or (3) electronic disturbance, including hacking, of any virtual component of the meeting, procession, or gathering. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

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