| 1 | 1 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3193 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to the punishment for intoxication assault and |
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| 9 | 9 | | intoxication manslaughter; changing eligibility for mandatory |
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| 10 | 10 | | supervision, parole, and community supervision; increasing |
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| 11 | 11 | | criminal penalties. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal |
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| 14 | 14 | | Procedure, is amended by adding Article 42A.060 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Art. 42A.060. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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| 16 | 16 | | PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER OFFENSES. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a defendant is |
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| 18 | 18 | | not eligible for community supervision under this chapter if the |
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| 19 | 19 | | defendant is convicted of an offense under Section 49.08, Penal |
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| 20 | 20 | | Code, for which the punishment was increased under Section |
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| 21 | 21 | | 49.09(b-2)(2), Penal Code. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 508.145(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 23 | 23 | | to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) An inmate is not eligible for release on parole if the |
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| 25 | 25 | | inmate is under sentence of death, serving a sentence of life |
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| 26 | 26 | | imprisonment without parole, or serving a sentence for any of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | following offenses under the Penal Code: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) Section 20A.03, if the offense is based partly or |
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| 29 | 29 | | wholly on conduct constituting an offense under Section |
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| 30 | 30 | | 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or (8); |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) Section 21.02; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) Section 22.021, if the offense is punishable under |
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| 33 | 33 | | Subsection (f) of that section; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3-a) Section 49.08, if the offense was punished under |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 49.09(b-2)(2); or |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) Section 51.03 or 51.04. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. Section 508.149(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 38 | 38 | | to read as follows: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision |
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| 40 | 40 | | if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously |
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| 41 | 41 | | convicted of: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) an offense for which the judgment contains an |
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| 43 | 43 | | affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of |
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| 44 | 44 | | Criminal Procedure; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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| 46 | 46 | | under Section 19.02, Penal Code; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) a capital felony under Section 19.03, Penal Code; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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| 49 | 49 | | under Section 20.04, Penal Code; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (5) an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (6) a felony under Section 22.011, Penal Code; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (7) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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| 53 | 53 | | under Section 22.02, Penal Code; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (8) a first degree felony under Section 22.021, Penal |
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| 55 | 55 | | Code; |
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| 56 | 56 | | (9) a first degree felony under Section 22.04, Penal |
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| 57 | 57 | | Code; |
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| 58 | 58 | | (10) a first degree felony under Section 28.02, Penal |
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| 59 | 59 | | Code; |
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| 60 | 60 | | (11) a second degree felony under Section 29.02, Penal |
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| 61 | 61 | | Code; |
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| 62 | 62 | | (12) a first degree felony under Section 29.03, Penal |
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| 63 | 63 | | Code; |
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| 64 | 64 | | (13) a first degree felony under Section 30.02, Penal |
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| 65 | 65 | | Code; |
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| 66 | 66 | | (14) a felony for which the punishment is increased |
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| 67 | 67 | | under Section 481.134 or 481.140, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 68 | 68 | | (15) an offense under Section 43.25, Penal Code; |
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| 69 | 69 | | (16) an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code; |
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| 70 | 70 | | (17) a first degree felony under Section 15.03, Penal |
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| 71 | 71 | | Code; |
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| 72 | 72 | | (18) an offense under Section 43.05, Penal Code; |
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| 73 | 73 | | (19) an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code; |
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| 74 | 74 | | (20) an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code; |
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| 75 | 75 | | (21) a first degree felony under Section 71.02 or |
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| 76 | 76 | | 71.023, Penal Code; |
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| 77 | 77 | | (22) an offense under Section 481.1123, Health and |
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| 78 | 78 | | Safety Code, punished under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that |
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| 79 | 79 | | section; |
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| 80 | 80 | | (23) a second degree felony under Section 22.01, Penal |
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| 81 | 81 | | Code; [or] |
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| 82 | 82 | | (24) an offense under Section 22.01, Penal Code, |
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| 83 | 83 | | punished under Subsection (b)(2), (7), or (8) of that section; or |
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| 84 | 84 | | (25) an offense under Section 49.08, Penal Code, for |
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| 85 | 85 | | which the punishment was increased under Section 49.09(b-2)(2), |
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| 86 | 86 | | Penal Code. |
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| 87 | 87 | | SECTION 4. Sections 49.09(b-1) and (b-2), Penal Code, are |
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| 88 | 88 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 89 | 89 | | (b-1) An offense under Section 49.07 is: |
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| 90 | 90 | | (1) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the |
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| 91 | 91 | | trial of the offense that the person caused serious bodily injury to |
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| 92 | 92 | | a child younger than 10 years of age [firefighter or emergency |
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| 93 | 93 | | medical services personnel while in the actual discharge of an |
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| 94 | 94 | | official duty]; or |
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| 95 | 95 | | (2) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the |
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| 96 | 96 | | trial of the offense that the person caused serious bodily injury to |
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| 97 | 97 | | a firefighter, emergency medical services personnel, peace |
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| 98 | 98 | | officer, [or] judge, or prosecutor while the firefighter, emergency |
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| 99 | 99 | | medical services personnel, officer, [or] judge, or prosecutor was |
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| 100 | 100 | | in the actual discharge of an official duty. |
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| 101 | 101 | | (b-2) An offense under Section 49.08 is: |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the |
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| 103 | 103 | | trial of the offense that the person: |
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| 104 | 104 | | (A) has previously been convicted: |
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| 105 | 105 | | (i) one time of an offense under Section |
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| 106 | 106 | | 49.08 or an offense under the laws of another state if the offense |
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| 107 | 107 | | contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of |
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| 108 | 108 | | an offense under Section 49.08; or |
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| 109 | 109 | | (ii) two times of any other offense |
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| 110 | 110 | | relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, |
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| 111 | 111 | | operating an aircraft while intoxicated, operating a watercraft |
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| 112 | 112 | | while intoxicated, or operating or assembling an amusement ride |
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| 113 | 113 | | while intoxicated; or |
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| 114 | 114 | | (B) caused the death of: |
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| 115 | 115 | | (i) a child younger than 10 years of age; or |
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| 116 | 116 | | (ii) more than one individual during the |
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| 117 | 117 | | same criminal transaction; or |
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| 118 | 118 | | (2) a felony of the first degree with a minimum term of |
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| 119 | 119 | | confinement of 15 years if it is shown on the trial of the offense |
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| 120 | 120 | | that the person caused the death of a person described by Subsection |
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| 121 | 121 | | (b-1)(2) [(b-1)]. |
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| 122 | 122 | | SECTION 5. Section 49.09(c), Penal Code, is amended by |
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| 123 | 123 | | adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows: |
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| 124 | 124 | | (5) "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district |
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| 125 | 125 | | attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney, |
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| 126 | 126 | | assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district |
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| 127 | 127 | | attorney. |
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| 128 | 128 | | SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 129 | 129 | | an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 130 | 130 | | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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| 131 | 131 | | by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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| 132 | 132 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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| 133 | 133 | | this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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| 134 | 134 | | this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 135 | 135 | | SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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