{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-19.01","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 19.01","heading":"TYPES OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE.","body":"(a) A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence causes the death of an individual.\n(b) Criminal homicide is murder, capital murder, manslaughter, or criminally negligent homicide.\nActs 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON","CHAPTER 19. CRIMINAL HOMICIDE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.19.htm#19.01","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"64a24e3a9e6da08c3cb10bae5f41fd0a111f4dc5a64b82aa6301365d0915590c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-16.06","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-19.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}