BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1024 By: Shaheen Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There are different tiers of parole supervision in Texas, which are determined by the risk level of the releasee and the seriousness of the offense. The highest tier of supervision, the super‑intensive supervision program (SISP), is reserved for those who commit certain violent offenses such as sexual assault, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping. However, despite the violent nature of these offenses, there is currently no state law requiring law enforcement to execute a warrant in response to certain parole violations by a SISP releasee in a timely manner, which may place the victim of the offense at risk. H.B. 1024 seeks to address this issue by requiring law enforcement to execute a warrant for the return of a SISP parolee as soon as practicable following a violation of a condition of release related to electronic monitoring. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 1024 amends the Government Code to require a law enforcement agency to execute as soon as practicable a warrant that is directed to the agency and issued for the return of a releasee in the super-intensive supervision program based on a violation of a condition of parole or mandatory supervision related to the electronic monitoring of the releasee. H.B. 1024 applies only to an arrest warrant that is issued on or after the bill's effective date. An arrest warrant that was issued before the bill's effective date is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2025.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 1024
By: Shaheen
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 1024
By: Shaheen
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There are different tiers of parole supervision in Texas, which are determined by the risk level of the releasee and the seriousness of the offense. The highest tier of supervision, the super‑intensive supervision program (SISP), is reserved for those who commit certain violent offenses such as sexual assault, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping. However, despite the violent nature of these offenses, there is currently no state law requiring law enforcement to execute a warrant in response to certain parole violations by a SISP releasee in a timely manner, which may place the victim of the offense at risk. H.B. 1024 seeks to address this issue by requiring law enforcement to execute a warrant for the return of a SISP parolee as soon as practicable following a violation of a condition of release related to electronic monitoring.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 1024 amends the Government Code to require a law enforcement agency to execute as soon as practicable a warrant that is directed to the agency and issued for the return of a releasee in the super-intensive supervision program based on a violation of a condition of parole or mandatory supervision related to the electronic monitoring of the releasee. H.B. 1024 applies only to an arrest warrant that is issued on or after the bill's effective date. An arrest warrant that was issued before the bill's effective date is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2025.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
There are different tiers of parole supervision in Texas, which are determined by the risk level of the releasee and the seriousness of the offense. The highest tier of supervision, the super‑intensive supervision program (SISP), is reserved for those who commit certain violent offenses such as sexual assault, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping. However, despite the violent nature of these offenses, there is currently no state law requiring law enforcement to execute a warrant in response to certain parole violations by a SISP releasee in a timely manner, which may place the victim of the offense at risk. H.B. 1024 seeks to address this issue by requiring law enforcement to execute a warrant for the return of a SISP parolee as soon as practicable following a violation of a condition of release related to electronic monitoring.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1024 amends the Government Code to require a law enforcement agency to execute as soon as practicable a warrant that is directed to the agency and issued for the return of a releasee in the super-intensive supervision program based on a violation of a condition of parole or mandatory supervision related to the electronic monitoring of the releasee.
H.B. 1024 applies only to an arrest warrant that is issued on or after the bill's effective date. An arrest warrant that was issued before the bill's effective date is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2025.