{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-19.05","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 19.05","heading":"CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if he causes the death of an individual by criminal negligence.\n(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.\nActs 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.06 by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.07 and amended by 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#19.05","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"449b9474827c5bf172a435dc383fd66d437c5eb18bf5781422f891692fea8a1f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-19.04","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-19.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}