Bill Text: TX HJR11 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the sentence of a person who has successfully served the required number of years on parole.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-03 - Received from the House [HJR11 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR11-Engrossed.html
  88R325 MCF-D
 
  By: Thompson of Harris H.J.R. No. 11
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the sentence of a
  person who has successfully served the required number of years on
  parole.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11(a), Article IV, Texas Constitution,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The Legislature shall by law establish a Board of
  Pardons and Paroles and shall require it to keep record of its
  actions and the reasons for its actions. The Legislature shall have
  authority to enact parole laws, including laws authorizing a court
  to terminate the sentence of a person who has successfully served
  the specified number of years on parole required by law, and laws
  that require or permit courts to inform juries about the effect of
  good conduct time and eligibility for parole or mandatory
  supervision on the period of incarceration served by a defendant
  convicted of a criminal offense.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  legislature to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the
  sentence of a person who has successfully served the required
  number of years on parole."
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