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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Penal Code § 21.06: HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. PENAL CODE
  2. TITLE 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON
  3. CHAPTER 21. SEXUAL OFFENSES

Section 21.06 was declared unconstitutional by Lawrence v. Texas, 123 S.Ct. 2472.

(a) A person commits an offense if he engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another individual of the same sex.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

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