BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 1482 By: Leo Wilson Corrections Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE According to Texas' Open Data Portal, driving under the influence (DUI) contributed to 14,389 fatalities and some 37 percent of all traffic fatalities during the period from 2014 to 2023. Moreover, DUI fatalities have greatly increased since 2018. The bill author has informed the committee that current penalties for drunk driving are not effective and, by increasing those penalties, individuals can be better dissuaded from driving impaired. C.S.H.B. 1482 seeks to address this issue by making certain repeated intoxication and alcohol-related offenders in Texas ineligible for community supervision. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill expressly does one or more of the following: creates a criminal offense, increases the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or changes 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 C.S.H.B. 1482 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to make a defendant adjudged guilty of the following intoxication-related offenses ineligible for judge-ordered community supervision if it is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of one or any combination of such offenses: driving while intoxicated; driving while intoxicated with child passenger; flying while intoxicated; boating while intoxicated; boating while intoxicated with child passenger; assembling or operating an amusement ride while intoxicated; intoxication assault; or intoxication manslaughter. C.S.H.B. 1482 applies only to an offense committed on or after the bill's effective date. An offense committed before the bill's effective date 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 these purposes, an offense was committed before the bill's effective date if any element of the offense occurred before that date. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2025. COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 1482 differs from the introduced only by amending the caption.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1482
By: Leo Wilson
Corrections
Committee Report (Substituted)
C.S.H.B. 1482
By: Leo Wilson
Corrections
Committee Report (Substituted)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE According to Texas' Open Data Portal, driving under the influence (DUI) contributed to 14,389 fatalities and some 37 percent of all traffic fatalities during the period from 2014 to 2023. Moreover, DUI fatalities have greatly increased since 2018. The bill author has informed the committee that current penalties for drunk driving are not effective and, by increasing those penalties, individuals can be better dissuaded from driving impaired. C.S.H.B. 1482 seeks to address this issue by making certain repeated intoxication and alcohol-related offenders in Texas ineligible for community supervision.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill expressly does one or more of the following: creates a criminal offense, increases the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or changes 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 C.S.H.B. 1482 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to make a defendant adjudged guilty of the following intoxication-related offenses ineligible for judge-ordered community supervision if it is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of one or any combination of such offenses: driving while intoxicated; driving while intoxicated with child passenger; flying while intoxicated; boating while intoxicated; boating while intoxicated with child passenger; assembling or operating an amusement ride while intoxicated; intoxication assault; or intoxication manslaughter. C.S.H.B. 1482 applies only to an offense committed on or after the bill's effective date. An offense committed before the bill's effective date 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 these purposes, an offense was committed before the bill's effective date if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2025.
COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 1482 differs from the introduced only by amending the caption.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
According to Texas' Open Data Portal, driving under the influence (DUI) contributed to 14,389 fatalities and some 37 percent of all traffic fatalities during the period from 2014 to 2023. Moreover, DUI fatalities have greatly increased since 2018. The bill author has informed the committee that current penalties for drunk driving are not effective and, by increasing those penalties, individuals can be better dissuaded from driving impaired. C.S.H.B. 1482 seeks to address this issue by making certain repeated intoxication and alcohol-related offenders in Texas ineligible for community supervision.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill expressly does one or more of the following: creates a criminal offense, increases the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or changes 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
C.S.H.B. 1482 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to make a defendant adjudged guilty of the following intoxication-related offenses ineligible for judge-ordered community supervision if it is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of one or any combination of such offenses:
driving while intoxicated;
driving while intoxicated with child passenger;
flying while intoxicated;
boating while intoxicated;
boating while intoxicated with child passenger;
assembling or operating an amusement ride while intoxicated;
intoxication assault; or
intoxication manslaughter.
C.S.H.B. 1482 applies only to an offense committed on or after the bill's effective date. An offense committed before the bill's effective date 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 these purposes, an offense was committed before the bill's effective date if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2025.
COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE
C.S.H.B. 1482 differs from the introduced only by amending the caption.