| 1 | 1 | | 89R719 CJD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Middleton S.B. No. 518 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision and |
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| 10 | 10 | | parole for certain repeat intoxication offenders. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant adjudged |
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| 15 | 15 | | guilty of an offense under: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 17 | 17 | | punishable as a felony of the first degree; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder); |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital Murder); |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated |
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| 21 | 21 | | Kidnapping); |
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| 22 | 22 | | (5) Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of |
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| 23 | 23 | | Persons); |
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| 24 | 24 | | (6) Section 20A.03, Penal Code (Continuous |
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| 25 | 25 | | Trafficking of Persons); |
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| 26 | 26 | | (7) Section 21.11, Penal Code (Indecency with a |
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| 27 | 27 | | Child); |
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| 28 | 28 | | (8) Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual Assault); |
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| 29 | 29 | | (9) Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated Sexual |
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| 30 | 30 | | Assault); |
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| 31 | 31 | | (10) Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a |
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| 32 | 32 | | Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) the offense is punishable as a felony of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | first degree; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) the victim of the offense is a child; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (11) Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated Robbery); |
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| 37 | 37 | | (12) Section 30.02, Penal Code (Burglary), if: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) the offense is punishable under Subsection |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) of that section; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) the actor committed the offense with the |
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| 41 | 41 | | intent to commit a felony under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (13) Section 43.04, Penal Code (Aggravated Promotion |
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| 44 | 44 | | of Prostitution); |
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| 45 | 45 | | (14) Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling |
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| 46 | 46 | | Prostitution); |
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| 47 | 47 | | (15) Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual Performance by |
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| 48 | 48 | | a Child); |
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| 49 | 49 | | (16) Section 43.26, Penal Code (Possession or |
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| 50 | 50 | | Promotion of Child Pornography); |
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| 51 | 51 | | (17) Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for which |
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| 52 | 52 | | punishment is increased under: |
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| 53 | 53 | | (A) Section 481.140 of that code (Use of Child in |
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| 54 | 54 | | Commission of Offense); or |
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| 55 | 55 | | (B) Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f) of that |
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| 56 | 56 | | code (Drug-free Zones) if it is shown that the defendant has been |
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| 57 | 57 | | previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was |
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| 58 | 58 | | increased under any of those subsections; [or] |
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| 59 | 59 | | (18) Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code |
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| 60 | 60 | | (Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1-B), if the |
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| 61 | 61 | | offense is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that |
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| 62 | 62 | | section; or |
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| 63 | 63 | | (19) Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, |
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| 64 | 64 | | 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, if it is shown that the |
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| 65 | 65 | | defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of one of |
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| 66 | 66 | | those offenses or any combination of those offenses. |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 2. Section 508.145(d), Government Code, is amended |
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| 68 | 68 | | by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows: |
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| 69 | 69 | | (4) Notwithstanding Subdivision (2), an inmate who is |
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| 70 | 70 | | serving a sentence for an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, |
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| 71 | 71 | | 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, is not |
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| 72 | 72 | | eligible for release on parole if the inmate has been previously |
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| 73 | 73 | | convicted three or more times of one of those offenses or any |
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| 74 | 74 | | combination of those offenses. |
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| 75 | 75 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 76 | 76 | | an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 77 | 77 | | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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| 78 | 78 | | by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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| 79 | 79 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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| 80 | 80 | | this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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| 81 | 81 | | this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 82 | 82 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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