Sec. 25.072. REPEATED VIOLATION OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS OR CONDITIONS OF BOND IN FAMILY VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING CASE. (a) A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 12 months or less in duration, the person two or more times engages in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 25.07.
(b) If the jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury must agree unanimously that the defendant, during a period that is 12 months or less in duration, two or more times engaged in conduct that constituted an offense under Section 25.07.
(c) A defendant may not be convicted in the same criminal action of another offense an element of which is any conduct that is alleged as an element of the offense under Subsection (a) unless the other offense:
(1) is charged in the alternative;
(2) occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed; or
(3) is considered by the trier of fact to be a lesser included offense of the offense alleged under Subsection (a).
(d) A defendant may not be charged with more than one count under Subsection (a) if all of the specific conduct that is alleged to have been engaged in is alleged to have been committed in violation of a single court order or single setting of bond.
(e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree, except the offense is a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that at least one time the person engaged in conduct that was punishable as a state jail felony under Section 25.07(g)(1)(B).
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 96 (S.B. 743), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 955 (S.B. 194), Sec. 11(d), eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 577 (H.B. 2073), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
38
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32 in the last 5 years), 2014–2026 · leading case:
State v. Maldonado, 523 S.W.3d 769 (Tex. App. 2017).
State v. Maldonado, 523 S.W.3d 769 (Tex. App. 2017).
· cites it 5× “See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 25.072 (a) (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.”
Wilson v. State, 448 S.W.3d 418 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
“Tex. Penal Code § 25.072 (West 2012) ("Repeated Violation of Certain Court Orders or Conditions of Bond in Family Violence Case.”
Diaz v. State, 549 S.W.3d 896 (Tex. App. 2018).
“" TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.072(a) (West Supp.”
Martin Nnamdi v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).
· cites it 3× “A grand jury indicted Nnamdi for repeated violation of the agreed protective order under Texas Penal Code section 25.072. The indictment listed fourteen violations between June 2019 and January 2020.”
Jesse James Segundo v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).
· cites it 3× “See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 25.072 . A grand jury indicted Segundo for intentionally and knowingly violating the terms of a protective order two or more times from on or about February 14, 2023, through February 25, 2023.”
Christopher Nigel Weeks v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “See TEX. PENAL CODE § 25.072. On appeal, Weeks argues the trial court erred in excluding evidence of his mental illness during the guilt/innocence phase of his trial.”
Ex Parte Keith Buford (Tex. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 25.072 (a); 25.07(a); Tex.”
Barry Alan Boes II v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “The trial court imposed a sentence of 1 TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.072. five years and assessed a $10,000 fine, suspended in favor of five years’ community supervision.”
Shaun Heath Brooks v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).
· cites it 2× “1 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.072(a). BACKGROUND Appellant and Ashley Rogers were in a dating relationship for about a year, beginning in 2019.”
Shaun Heath Brooks v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).
· cites it 2× “We withdraw our opinion and judgment dated 1 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.072(a). January 8, 2024, deny Appellant’s motions for rehearing and rehearing en banc, substitute this opinion, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.”
Rodney Dewayne Kuykendall v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2025).
· cites it 2× “JURY CHARGE OR JUDGMENT ERROR In his next two issues, Kuykendall complains that the jury charge was egregiously erroneous because it allowed the jury to convict him of the offense of Repeated Violation of Conditions of Bond, Texas Penal Code § 25.072, on conduct that did not…”
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.072(a) — 10 cases
Diaz v. State, 549 S.W.3d 896 (Tex. App. 2018).
“" TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.072(a) (West Supp.”
Shaun Heath Brooks v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).
“1 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.072(a). BACKGROUND Appellant and Ashley Rogers were in a dating relationship for about a year, beginning in 2019.”
Shaun Heath Brooks v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).
“We withdraw our opinion and judgment dated 1 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.072(a). January 8, 2024, deny Appellant’s motions for rehearing and rehearing en banc, substitute this opinion, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.”
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.072(b) — 1 case
Martin Nnamdi v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).
“A grand jury indicted Nnamdi for repeated violation of the agreed protective order under Texas Penal Code section 25.072. The indictment listed fourteen violations between June 2019 and January 2020.”
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.072(e) — 9 cases
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