Tex. Penal Code § 22.06
CONSENT AS DEFENSE TO ASSAULTIVE CONDUCT
Texas · Texas Penal Code · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.06, CONSENT AS DEFENSE TO ASSAULTIVE CONDUCT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/563188
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:563188@1- SHA-256
414270d9bd1ddd23fd881853ebe113cb997d3b8539985a052d095dfd8999bc06
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(a) The victim's effective consent or the actor's reasonable belief that the victim consented to the actor's conduct is a defense to prosecution under Section 22.01 (Assault), 22.02 (Aggravated Assault), or 22.05 (Deadly Conduct) if:
(1) the conduct did not threaten or inflict serious bodily injury; or
(2) the victim knew the conduct was a risk of:
(A) his occupation;
(B) recognized medical treatment; or
(C) a scientific experiment conducted by recognized methods.
(b) The defense to prosecution provided by Subsection (a) is not available to a defendant who commits an offense described by Subsection (a) as a condition of the defendant's or the victim's initiation or continued membership in a criminal street gang, as defined by Section 71.01.