Tex. Penal Code § 76.02 · Chapter 76. TERRORISTIC OFFENSES
TERRORISM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) commits or conspires to commit an offense under:
(A) Chapter 19;
(B) Section 20.02;
(C) Section 20.03;
(D) Section 20A.02;
(E) Section 22.02;
(F) Section 22.021;
(G) Section 22.05, if punishable as a felony;
(H) Section 22.07, if punishable as a felony;
(I) Section 22.09;
(J) Section 28.02;
(K) Section 28.07, if punishable as a felony;
(L) Section 29.03;
(M) Section 38.152, if punishable as a felony; or
(N) Section 46.08; and
(2) commits or conspires to commit that offense with the intent to:
(A) intimidate or coerce the public or a substantial group of the public; or
(B) influence, by intimidation or coercion, the policy, conduct, or activities of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States.
(b) An offense under this section is one category higher than the most serious offense listed in Subsection (a) that was committed or conspired to be committed, except that:
(1) if the most serious offense is a Class A misdemeanor, the offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of 180 days; and
(2) if the most serious offense is a felony of the first degree, the offense under this section is a felony of the first degree with a minimum term of confinement of 15 years.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.76.htm
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- 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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Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code ch. 19CRIMINAL HOMICIDEPrinted as Chapter 19
- Tex. Penal Code § 20.02UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT.Printed as Section 20.02
- Tex. Penal Code § 20.03KIDNAPPING.Printed as Section 20.03
- Tex. Penal Code § 20A.02TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20A.02
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.02AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.Printed as Section 22.02
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.021AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 22.021
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.05DEADLY CONDUCT.Printed as Section 22.05
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.07TERRORISTIC THREAT.Printed as Section 22.07
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.09TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT.Printed as Section 22.09
- Tex. Penal Code § 28.02ARSON.Printed as Section 28.02
- Tex. Penal Code § 28.07INTERFERENCE WITH RAILROAD PROPERTY.Printed as Section 28.07
- Tex. Penal Code § 29.03AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.Printed as Section 29.03
- Tex. Penal Code § 38.152INTERFERENCE WITH RADIO FREQUENCY LICENSED TO GOVERNMENT ENTITY.Printed as Section 38.152
- Tex. Penal Code § 46.08HOAX BOMBS.Printed as Section 46.08
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