Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1		89R9117 LHC-D
2		-	By: Gerdes, Schatzline, Leo Wilson, Pierson, H.B. No. 2017
3		-	et al.
	2	+	By: Gerdes H.B. No. 2017
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8	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	8		AN ACT
10	9		relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and
11	10		changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory
12	11		supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of
13	12		intoxication manslaughter.
14	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	14		SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Grayson's Law.
16	15		SECTION 2. Section 49.08, Penal Code, is amended by adding
17	16		Subsection (c) to read as follows:
18	17		(c) The minimum term of imprisonment for an offense under
19	18		this section is increased to 10 years if it is shown on the trial of
20	19		the offense that at the time of the offense the person was present
21	20		in this country following the commission of an offense under
22	21		Chapter 51.
23	22		SECTION 3. Article 42A.059, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
24	23		amended to read as follows:
25	24		Art. 42A.059. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
26	25		PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THIS
27	26		STATE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
28	27		defendant is not eligible for community supervision, including
29	28		deferred adjudication community supervision, under this chapter if
30	29		the defendant is charged with or convicted of an offense under:
31	30		(1) Chapter 51, Penal Code; or
32	31		(2) Section 49.08, Penal Code, if the offense is
33	32		punishable under Subsection (c) of that section.
34	33		SECTION 4. Section 508.145, Government Code, is amended by
35	34		adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
36	35		(e-1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense punishable
37	36		under Section 49.08(c), Penal Code, is not eligible for release on
38	37		parole until the actual calendar time served, without consideration
39	38		of good conduct time, equals 10 years.
40	39		SECTION 5. Section 508.147, Government Code, is amended by
41	40		amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
42	41		follows:
43	42		(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) and Section
44	43		508.149, a parole panel shall order the release of an inmate who is
45	44		not on parole to mandatory supervision when the actual calendar
46	45		time the inmate has served plus any accrued good conduct time equals
47	46		the term to which the inmate was sentenced.
48	47		(a-1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense punishable
49	48		under Section 49.08(c), Penal Code, may not be released to
50	49		mandatory supervision unless:
51	50		(1) the inmate's actual calendar time served, without
52	51		consideration of good conduct time, equals at least 10 years; and
53	52		(2) the inmate is otherwise eligible for release under
54	53		Subsection (a).
55	54		SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
56	55		an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
57	56		offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
58	57		by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
59	58		former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
60	59		this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
61	60		this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
62	61		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.