Texas Penal Code
§ 38.15 — INTERFERENCE WITH PUBLIC DUTIES
PE § 38.15Title 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 38. OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence interrupts, disrupts, impedes, or otherwise interferes with:
(1)a peace officer while the peace officer is performing a duty or exercising authority imposed or granted by law;
(2)a person who is employed to provide emergency medical services including the transportation of ill or injured persons while the person is performing that duty;
(3)a fire fighter, while the fire fighter is fighting a fire or investigating the cause of a fire;
(4)an animal under the supervision of a peace officer, corrections officer, or jailer, if the person knows the animal is being used for law enforcement, corrections, prison or jail security, or investigative purposes;
(5)the transmission of a communication over a citizen's band radio channel, the purpose of which communication is to inform or inquire about an emergency;
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1212 (H.B. 825), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1251 (H.B. 2703), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 519 (H.B. 1061), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 478 (S.B. 482), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.