Texas Penal Code
§ 22.11 — HARASSMENT BY PERSONS IN CERTAIN FACILITIES; HARASSMENT OF PUBLIC SERVANT
PE § 22.11Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 22. ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if, with the intent to assault, harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass the person:
(1)while imprisoned or confined in a correctional or detention facility, causes another person to contact the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of the actor, any other person, or an animal, or any other fluid or liquid;
(2)while committed to a civil commitment facility, causes:
(A)an officer or employee of the Texas Civil Commitment Office to contact the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of the actor, any other person, or an animal, or any other fluid or liquid:
(i)while the officer or employee is lawfully discharging an official duty at a civil commitment facility; or
(ii)in retaliation for or on account of an exercise of official power or performance of an official duty by the officer or employee; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 543 (H.B. 1095), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 142, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 34 (S.B. 1576), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 34 (S.B. 1576), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1145 (S.B. 1610), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.