Bill Text: TX HB2017 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Filed [HB2017 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2017-Introduced.html
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| By: Gerdes | H.B. No. 2017 | |
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| relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and | ||
| changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory | ||
| supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of | ||
| intoxication manslaughter. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Grayson's Law. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 49.08, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The minimum term of imprisonment for an offense under | ||
| this section is increased to 10 years if it is shown on the trial of | ||
| the offense that at the time of the offense the person was present | ||
| in this country following the commission of an offense under | ||
| Chapter 51. | ||
| SECTION 3. Article 42A.059, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 42A.059. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION | ||
| PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THIS | ||
| STATE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a | ||
| defendant is not eligible for community supervision, including | ||
| deferred adjudication community supervision, under this chapter if | ||
| the defendant is charged with or convicted of an offense under: | ||
| (1) Chapter 51, Penal Code; or | ||
| (2) Section 49.08, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (c) of that section. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 508.145, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (e-1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense punishable | ||
| under Section 49.08(c), Penal Code, is not eligible for release on | ||
| parole until the actual calendar time served, without consideration | ||
| of good conduct time, equals 10 years. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 508.147, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) and Section | ||
| 508.149, a parole panel shall order the release of an inmate who is | ||
| not on parole to mandatory supervision when the actual calendar | ||
| time the inmate has served plus any accrued good conduct time equals | ||
| the term to which the inmate was sentenced. | ||
| (a-1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense punishable | ||
| under Section 49.08(c), Penal Code, may not be released to | ||
| mandatory supervision unless: | ||
| (1) the inmate's actual calendar time served, without | ||
| consideration of good conduct time, equals at least 10 years; and | ||
| (2) the inmate is otherwise eligible for release under | ||
| Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
