| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; |
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| 4 | | - | May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 5 | | - | Justice; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | | - | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 10 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 7 | | relating to the definition of close relative of a deceased victim |
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| 13 | 8 | | for purposes of certain laws relating to the release of an inmate on |
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| 14 | 9 | | parole or to mandatory supervision. |
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| 15 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 508.117(g)(1), Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 13 | | (1) "Close relative of a deceased victim" means a |
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| 19 | 14 | | person who, regardless of whether the victim's death was related to |
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| 20 | 15 | | the offense committed, was: |
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| 21 | 16 | | (A) the spouse of the victim at the time of the |
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| 22 | 17 | | victim's death; |
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| 23 | 18 | | (B) a parent of the deceased victim; |
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| 24 | 19 | | (C) an adult brother, sister, or child of the |
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| 25 | 20 | | deceased victim; or |
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| 26 | 21 | | (D) the nearest relative of the deceased victim |
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| 27 | 22 | | by consanguinity, if the persons described by Paragraphs (A) |
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| 28 | 23 | | through (C) are deceased or are incapacitated due to physical or |
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| 29 | 24 | | mental illness or infirmity. |
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| 30 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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