Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 85.005 · Chapter 85. LIABILITY FOR STALKING
DEFENSE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
It is a defense to an action brought under this chapter that the defendant was engaged in conduct that consisted of activity in support of constitutionally or statutorily protected rights.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 662, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 1995. Renumbered from Civil Practice and Remedies Code Sec. 83.005 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(7), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.85.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 b6abd7729c8e5ac74a8d8e4c7eabf51414e04be9ad831b0de676b511fe28d489
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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