87R431 ADM-D
By: Shaheen H.B. No. 465
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of
certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses
involving one or more child victims.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.145(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) An inmate is not eligible for release on parole if the
inmate is under sentence of death, serving a sentence of life
imprisonment without parole, or serving a sentence for any of the
following offenses under the Penal Code:
(1) Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or (8);
(2) Section 20A.03, if the offense is based partly or
wholly on conduct constituting an offense under Section
20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or (8);
(3) [serving a sentence for an offense under] Section
21.02; or
(4) [, Penal Code, or serving a sentence for an offense
under] Section 22.021, if the offense [Penal Code, that] is
punishable under Subsection (f) of that section [is not eligible
for release on parole].
SECTION 2. Section 508.145(d)(1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d)(1) This subsection applies only to an inmate who is
serving a sentence for:
(A) an offense described by Article 42A.054(a),
Code of Criminal Procedure, other than an offense under Section
19.03, Penal Code, or an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, that
is described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2);
(B) an offense for which the judgment contains an
affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of
Criminal Procedure; or
(C) [an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code;
or
[(D)] an offense under Section 71.02 or 71.023,
Penal Code.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.