Bill Text: TX HB1629 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of certain burglary offenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-10 - Left pending in committee [HB1629 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1629-Introduced.html
  88R8354 JRR-D
 
  By: Wu H.B. No. 1629
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a
  person convicted of certain burglary offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant adjudged
  guilty of an offense under:
               (1)  Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable as a felony of the first degree;
               (2)  Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder);
               (3)  Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital Murder);
               (4)  Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated
  Kidnapping);
               (5)  Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of
  Persons);
               (6)  Section 20A.03, Penal Code (Continuous
  Trafficking of Persons);
               (7)  Section 21.11, Penal Code (Indecency with a
  Child);
               (8)  Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual Assault);
               (9)  Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated Sexual
  Assault);
               (10)  Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a
  Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if:
                     (A)  the offense is punishable as a felony of the
  first degree; and
                     (B)  the victim of the offense is a child;
               (11)  Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated Robbery);
               (12)  [Section 30.02, Penal Code (Burglary), if:
                     [(A)  the offense is punishable under Subsection
  (d) of that section; and
                     [(B)  the actor committed the offense with the
  intent to commit a felony under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011,
  22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code;
               [(13)]  Section 43.04, Penal Code (Aggravated
  Promotion of Prostitution);
               (13) [(14)]  Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling
  Prostitution);
               (14) [(15)]  Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual
  Performance by a Child);
               (15) [(16)]  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for
  which punishment is increased under:
                     (A)  Section 481.140 of that code (Use of Child in
  Commission of Offense); or
                     (B)  Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f) of that
  code (Drug-free Zones) if it is shown that the defendant has been
  previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was
  increased under any of those subsections; or
               (16) [(17)]  Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code
  (Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1-B), if the
  offense is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that
  section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 773.0614(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  A certificate holder's certificate shall be revoked if
  the certificate holder has been convicted of or placed on deferred
  adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for:
               (1)  an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a)(2), (3),
  (4), (7), (8), (9), (11), or (15) [(16)], Code of Criminal
  Procedure; or
               (2)  an offense, other than an offense described by
  Subdivision (1), committed on or after September 1, 2009, for which
  the person is subject to registration under Chapter 62, Code of
  Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 3.  Section 773.06141(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The department may suspend, revoke, or deny an emergency
  medical services provider license on the grounds that the
  provider's administrator of record, employee, or other
  representative:
               (1)  has been convicted of, or placed on deferred
  adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, an
  offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of
  the administrator, employee, or representative, other than an
  offense described by Section 542.304, Transportation Code;
               (2)  has been convicted of or placed on deferred
  adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for an
  offense, including:
                     (A)  an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a)(2),
  (3), (4), (7), (8), (9), (11), or (15) [(16)], Code of Criminal
  Procedure; or
                     (B)  an offense, other than an offense described
  by Subdivision (1), for which the person is subject to registration
  under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
               (3)  has been convicted of Medicare or Medicaid fraud,
  has been excluded from participation in the state Medicaid program,
  or has a hold on payment for reimbursement under the state Medicaid
  program under Subchapter C, Chapter 531, Government Code.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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