Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 38.372 — EVIDENCE OF VICTIM'S PAST SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

CR § 38.372Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS

Statute text

(a)In this article, "victim" includes the victim of an extraneous offense or act with respect to which evidence is introduced during the prosecution of an offense described by Subsection (b).

(b)This article applies to a proceeding in the prosecution of a defendant for an offense, or for an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense, under any of the following provisions of the Penal Code:

(1)Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) (Trafficking of Persons);

(2)Section 20A.03 (Continuous Trafficking of Persons), if the offense is based partly or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8);

(3)Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Disabled Individual);

(4)Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 979 (S.B. 535), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.