Tex. Const. art. III, § 14 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Senators and Representatives shall, except in cases of treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the Legislature, and in going to and returning from the same.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 14: See Appendix, Note 1.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.3.htm
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- sha256 62cba1497200d8388102ea0099619fee19186ae43e6c906b831fe3dbaf5e6390
- 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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