Texas Penal Code

§ 3.03 — SENTENCES FOR OFFENSES ARISING OUT OF SAME CRIMINAL EPISODE

PE § 3.03Title 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS · Ch. 3. MULTIPLE PROSECUTIONS

Statute text

(a)When the accused is found guilty of more than one offense arising out of the same criminal episode prosecuted in a single criminal action, a sentence for each offense for which the accused has been found guilty shall be pronounced. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the sentences shall run concurrently.

(b)If the accused is found guilty of more than one offense arising out of the same criminal episode, the sentences may run concurrently or consecutively if each sentence is for a conviction of:

(1)an offense:

(A)under Section 49.07 or 49.08, regardless of whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or

(B)for which a plea agreement was reached in a case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is charged with violations of the same section more than once or is charged with violations of both sections;

(2)an offense:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 527 (H.B. 904), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 8), Sec. 3.47, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (S.B. 6), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (H.B. 2086), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 24), Sec. 6.01, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 228 (H.B. 220), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (S.B. 20), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 249 (H.B. 1403), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 165), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 4), Sec. 1, eff. February 6, 2024. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 557 (H.B. 1422), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (S.B. 20), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.