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AN ACT
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relating to changing the eligibility for mandatory supervision of |
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an inmate serving a sentence for or previously convicted of certain |
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assaults. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 508.149(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision |
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if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously |
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convicted of: |
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(1) an offense for which the judgment contains an |
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affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of |
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Criminal Procedure; |
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(2) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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under Section 19.02, Penal Code; |
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(3) a capital felony under Section 19.03, Penal Code; |
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(4) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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under Section 20.04, Penal Code; |
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(5) an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code; |
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(6) a felony under Section 22.011, Penal Code; |
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(7) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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under Section 22.02, Penal Code; |
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(8) a first degree felony under Section 22.021, Penal |
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Code; |
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(9) a first degree felony under Section 22.04, Penal |
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Code; |
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(10) a first degree felony under Section 28.02, Penal |
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Code; |
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(11) a second degree felony under Section 29.02, Penal |
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Code; |
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(12) a first degree felony under Section 29.03, Penal |
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Code; |
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(13) a first degree felony under Section 30.02, Penal |
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Code; |
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(14) a felony for which the punishment is increased |
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under Section 481.134 or [Section] 481.140, Health and Safety Code; |
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(15) an offense under Section 43.25, Penal Code; |
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(16) an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code; |
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(17) a first degree felony under Section 15.03, Penal |
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Code; |
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(18) an offense under Section 43.05, Penal Code; |
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(19) an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code; |
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(20) an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code; |
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(21) a first degree felony under Section 71.02 or |
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71.023, Penal Code; [or] |
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(22) an offense under Section 481.1123, Health and |
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Safety Code, punished under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that |
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section; |
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(23) a second degree felony under Section 22.01, Penal |
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Code; or |
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(24) an offense under Section 22.01, Penal Code, |
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punished under Subsection (b)(2), (7), or (8) of that section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1577 was passed by the House on May |
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11, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 23, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1577 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |