Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1		-	By: Leo Wilson, Gerdes, Slawson, et al. H.B. No. 1482
	1	+	89R25366 LHC-D
	2	+	By: Leo Wilson, Gerdes, et al. H.B. No. 1482
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1482:
	4	+	By: Harless C.S.H.B. No. 1482
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6	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	10		AN ACT
8	11		relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision for
9	12		certain repeat intoxication offenders.
10	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11		-	SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Mason and Sam's Law.
12		-	SECTION 2. Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	14	+	SECTION 1. Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
13	15		is amended to read as follows:
14	16		(a) Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant adjudged
15	17		guilty of an offense under:
16	18		(1) Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
17	19		punishable as a felony of the first degree;
18	20		(2) Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder);
19	21		(3) Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital Murder);
20	22		(4) Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated
21	23		Kidnapping);
22	24		(5) Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of
23	25		Persons);
24	26		(6) Section 20A.03, Penal Code (Continuous
25	27		Trafficking of Persons);
26	28		(7) Section 21.11, Penal Code (Indecency with a
27	29		Child);
28	30		(8) Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual Assault);
29	31		(9) Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated Sexual
30	32		Assault);
31	33		(10) Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a
32	34		Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if:
33	35		(A) the offense is punishable as a felony of the
34	36		first degree; and
35	37		(B) the victim of the offense is a child;
36	38		(11) Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated Robbery);
37	39		(12) Section 30.02, Penal Code (Burglary), if:
38	40		(A) the offense is punishable under Subsection
39	41		(d) of that section; and
40	42		(B) the actor committed the offense with the
41	43		intent to commit a felony under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011,
42	44		22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code;
43	45		(13) Section 43.04, Penal Code (Aggravated Promotion
44	46		of Prostitution);
45	47		(14) Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling
46	48		Prostitution);
47	49		(15) Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual Performance by
48	50		a Child);
49	51		(16) Section 43.26, Penal Code (Possession or
50	52		Promotion of Child Pornography);
51	53		(17) Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for which
52	54		punishment is increased under:
53	55		(A) Section 481.140 of that code (Use of Child in
54	56		Commission of Offense); or
55	57		(B) Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f) of that
56	58		code (Drug-free Zones) if it is shown that the defendant has been
57	59		previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was
58	60		increased under any of those subsections; [or]
59	61		(18) Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code
60	62		(Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1-B), if the
61	63		offense is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that
62	64		section; or
63	65		(19) Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061,
64	66		49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, if it is shown that the
65	67		defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of one of
66	68		those offenses or any combination of those offenses.
67		-	SECTION 3. Section 508.145(d)(1), Government Code, is
68		-	amended to read as follows:
69		-	(d)(1) This subsection applies only to an inmate who is
70		-	serving a sentence for:
71		-	(A) an offense described by Article 42A.054(a),
72		-	Code of Criminal Procedure, other than an offense:
73		-	(i) under Section 19.03, Penal Code;
74		-	(ii) [, or an offense] under Chapter 20A,
75		-	Penal Code, that is described by Subsection (a)(1) or (c-1)(1) of
76		-	this section; or
77		-	(iii) described by Article 42A.054(a)(19),
78		-	Code of Criminal Procedure;
79		-	(B) an offense for which the judgment contains an
80		-	affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of
81		-	Criminal Procedure; or
82		-	(C) an offense under Section 71.02 or 71.023,
83		-	Penal Code.
84		-	SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	69	+	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
85	70		to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
86	71		An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
87	72		governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
88	73		and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
89	74		purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
90	75		effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
91	76		before that date.
92		-	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
	77	+	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.