Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R9117 LHC-D
2	2	By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 1133
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and
10	10	changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory
11	11	supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of
12	12	intoxication manslaughter.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Grayson's Law.
15	15	SECTION 2. Section 49.08, Penal Code, is amended by adding
16	16	Subsection (c) to read as follows:
17	17	(c) The minimum term of imprisonment for an offense under
18	18	this section is increased to 10 years if it is shown on the trial of
19	19	the offense that at the time of the offense the person was present
20	20	in this country following the commission of an offense under
21	21	Chapter 51.
22	22	SECTION 3. Article 42A.059, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
23	23	amended to read as follows:
24	24	Art. 42A.059. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
25	25	PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THIS
26	26	STATE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
27	27	defendant is not eligible for community supervision, including
28	28	deferred adjudication community supervision, under this chapter if
29	29	the defendant is charged with or convicted of an offense under:
30	30	(1) Chapter 51, Penal Code; or
31	31	(2) Section 49.08, Penal Code, if the offense is
32	32	punishable under Subsection (c) of that section.
33	33	SECTION 4. Section 508.145, Government Code, is amended by
34	34	adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
35	35	(e-1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense punishable
36	36	under Section 49.08(c), Penal Code, is not eligible for release on
37	37	parole until the actual calendar time served, without consideration
38	38	of good conduct time, equals 10 years.
39	39	SECTION 5. Section 508.147, Government Code, is amended by
40	40	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
41	41	follows:
42	42	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) and Section
43	43	508.149, a parole panel shall order the release of an inmate who is
44	44	not on parole to mandatory supervision when the actual calendar
45	45	time the inmate has served plus any accrued good conduct time equals
46	46	the term to which the inmate was sentenced.
47	47	(a-1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense punishable
48	48	under Section 49.08(c), Penal Code, may not be released to
49	49	mandatory supervision unless:
50	50	(1) the inmate's actual calendar time served, without
51	51	consideration of good conduct time, equals at least 10 years; and
52	52	(2) the inmate is otherwise eligible for release under
53	53	Subsection (a).
54	54	SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
55	55	an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
56	56	offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
57	57	by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
58	58	former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
59	59	this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
60	60	this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
61	61	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.