Tex. Penal Code § 19.05 · Chapter 19. CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if he causes the death of an individual by criminal negligence.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.06 by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.07 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.19.htm
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Cited by 7 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Penal Code § 19.05. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.004PENAL CODE REFERENCES.Printed as Section 19.05(a)(2), Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.341REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATIC LICENSE SUSPENSION.Printed as Section 19.05, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 524.023APPLICATION OF SUSPENSION UNDER OTHER LAWS.Printed as Section 19.05(a)(2), Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 524.042STAY OF SUSPENSION ON APPEAL.Printed as Section 19.05(a)(2), Penal Code
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