ASSAULT INT/RECK BREATH/CIRC FAM MEM PREV IAT

Texas Penal Code § 22.01(b-3) defines the second-degree-felony combination of family-violence strangulation and a prior family-violence conviction. Beyond bodily-injury assault under § 22.01(a)(1), the State must prove three things. First, the victim's relationship to the defendant must fall within Texas Family Code §§ 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005 — a dating relationship, family membership, or shared household. Second, the defendant must have a previous conviction for a qualifying assaultive or domestic-violence offense — an offense under Penal Code Chapter 22 or Chapter 19, or kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, or indecency with a child — against a person in one of those relationships. Third, the assault must have been committed by intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly impeding the victim's normal breathing or blood circulation by applying pressure to the throat or neck or blocking the nose or mouth. Either circumstance alone supports only the third-degree felony under § 22.01(b)(2).

Ranges are the statutory maximums for the level; enhancements, prior convictions and plea agreements change what is actually imposed.

Across 4,731 Texas bail settings for this charge (18 counties, Apr 2022 – Jun 2025), the median cash or surety bond was $20,000 (middle half: $10,000 – $45,000). 1% of defendants were released on a personal bond, and bail was denied in 568 cases. When this was the only charge at booking (1,818 records), the median was $25,000 and 0% got a personal bond.

Showing the 5 counties with the most records; use the selector for any county with at least 30. Per-charge bond settings on original magistrations, from Texas OCA bail reporting under SB 6. Bail is set case by case — these are statistics, not a prediction.

Of 1,520 ASSAULT INT/RECK BREATH/CIRC FAM MEM PREV IAT charges filed 2019–2023 across 12 counties (Brazoria, Collin, Comal, Dallas, FortBend, Galveston, Harris, Hays, Montgomery, Rockwall, Travis, Williamson), 97% have reached a disposition:

How long it takes: the median ASSAULT INT/RECK BREATH/CIRC FAM MEM PREV IAT charge took 332 days from filing to disposition (middle half: 183 – 558 days, 1,520 charges).

Outcome is the final disposition recorded on the charge. “Other” (16) covers waived counts, bond forfeitures, transfers and unrecorded outcomes. Bexar County records disposition dates but not outcomes, so it counts toward time-to-disposition only. Tarrant County criminal records are not in this dataset.

• ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY MEMBER § 22.01(a)(1)
• ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJ § 22.01(a)(1)
• ASSAULT FAM/HOUSE MEM IMPEDE BREATH/CIRCULAT § 22.01(b)(2)(b)
• ASSAULT FAMILY/HOUSEHOLD MEMBER PREV CONV IAT § 22.01(b)(2)(a)
• ASSAULT PEACE OFFICER/JUDGE § 22.01(b-2)
• ASSAULT PUBLIC SERVANT § 22.01(b)(1)
• ASSAULT OF PREGNANT PERSON § 22.01(b)(8)
• ASSAULT ON SECURITY OFFICER § 22.01(b)(4)