DISRUPTING MEETING OR PROCESSION
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Morehead v. State (1991)
Most recently applied in Shemwell v. Cannon (January 2019)
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering, whether in person or virtual, the person obstructs or interferes with the meeting, procession, or gathering by:
(1) physical action;
(2) verbal utterance; or
(3) electronic disturbance, including hacking, of any virtual component of the meeting, procession, or gathering.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.