Tex. Penal Code § 22.07 · Chapter 22. ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES
TERRORISTIC THREAT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if he threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property with intent to:
(1) cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;
(2) place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury;
(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or other form of conveyance, or other public place;
(4) cause impairment or interruption of public communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public service;
(5) place the public or a substantial group of the public in fear of serious bodily injury; or
(6) influence the conduct or activities of a branch or agency of the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the offense:
(1) is committed against a member of the person's family or household or otherwise constitutes family violence; or
(2) is committed against a public servant.
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(2), an offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail felony if the offense is committed against a person the actor knows is a peace officer or judge.
(d) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class A misdemeanor, unless the actor causes pecuniary loss of $1,500 or more to the owner of the building, room, place, or conveyance, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
(e) An offense under Subsection (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) is a felony of the third degree.
(f) In this section:
(1) "Family" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.003, Family Code.
(2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.
(3) "Household" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.005, Family Code.
(g) For purposes of Subsection (d), the amount of pecuniary loss is the amount of economic loss suffered by the owner of the building, room, place, or conveyance as a result of the prevention or interruption of the occupation or use of the building, room, place, or conveyance.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1114, ch. 530, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1979; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 139, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 446, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 16.003, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (H.B. 2908), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.0585DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICER INVESTIGATING STALKING, HARASSMENT, OR TERRORISTIC THREAT.Printed as Section 22.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.202PEACE OFFICERS: REPORT CONCERNING CERTAIN ASSAULTIVE OR TERRORISTIC OFFENSES.Printed as Section 22.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 15.27NOTIFICATION TO SCHOOLS REQUIRED.Printed as Section 20.02, 21.08, 22.01, 22.05, 22.07, or 71.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.03PERSONAL BOND.Printed as Section 22.07, Penal Code
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.0012DESIGNATION OF CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR.Printed as Section 22.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.006REMOVAL FOR CERTAIN CONDUCT.Printed as Section 22.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.007EXPULSION FOR SERIOUS OFFENSES.Printed as Section 22.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.015REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIABILITY.Printed as Section 22.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 51.2825CERTAIN DUTIES OF CAMPUS PEACE OFFICER INVESTIGATING FAMILY VIOLENCE, STALKING, HARASSMENT, OR TERRORISTIC THREAT.Printed as Section 22.07, Penal Code
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Human Resources Code
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