Tex. Penal Code § 42.05 · Chapter 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
DISRUPTING MEETING OR PROCESSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 253 (H.B. 5238), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.42.htm
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- 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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