Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R16853 AND-D
2	2	By: Kerwin H.B. No. 5461
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance
10	10	program benefits following certain parental truancy convictions.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 25.093, Education Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
14	14	(h-1) If the defendant is a recipient of supplemental
15	15	nutrition assistance program benefits, the court in which a
16	16	conviction, deferred adjudication, or deferred disposition for an
17	17	offense under Subsection (a) occurs shall provide the defendant a
18	18	written warning that advises the defendant of the collateral
19	19	consequences under Section 33.018(d), Human Resources Code, that
20	20	are associated with a second or subsequent conviction under
21	21	Subsection (a). The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
22	22	Services Commission shall prescribe the form and contents of the
23	23	written warning required under this subsection.
24	24	SECTION 2. Section 33.018, Human Resources Code, is amended
25	25	by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
26	26	(d) Notwithstanding any other law, if a person who is
27	27	receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits is
28	28	convicted of an offense under Section 25.093(a), Education Code,
29	29	the person's supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits
30	30	shall be reduced in the following manner:
31	31	(1) if the person is convicted two times of an offense
32	32	under Section 25.093(a), Education Code, the person is eligible to
33	33	receive a monthly benefit allotment equal to only 75 percent of the
34	34	monthly benefit allotment the person was determined eligible for
35	35	under the supplemental nutrition assistance program;
36	36	(2) if the person is convicted three times of an
37	37	offense under Section 25.093(a), Education Code, the person is
38	38	eligible to receive a monthly benefit equal to only 50 percent of
39	39	the monthly benefit allotment the person was determined eligible
40	40	for under the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and
41	41	(3) if the person is convicted four or more times of an
42	42	offense under Section 25.093(a), Education Code, the person is
43	43	ineligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
44	44	SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
45	45	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
46	46	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
47	47	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
48	48	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
49	49	waiver or authorization is granted.
50	50	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
51	51	an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
52	52	offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
53	53	by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
54	54	former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
55	55	this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
56	56	this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
57	57	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.