Bill Text: TX HB517 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the persons who may provide information to a parole panel considering the release of an inmate on parole or to mandatory supervision.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB517 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB517-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 517 |
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relating to the persons who may provide information to a parole | ||
panel considering the release of an inmate on parole or to mandatory | ||
supervision. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Nancy's Law. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 508.153(e), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(e) In this section: | ||
(1) "Close [ |
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victim[ |
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death was related to the offense committed, was: | ||
(A) the spouse of the victim at the time of the | ||
victim's death; | ||
(B) a parent of the deceased victim; | ||
(C) an adult brother, sister, or child of the | ||
deceased victim; or | ||
(D) the nearest relative of the deceased victim | ||
by consanguinity, if the persons described by Paragraphs (A) | ||
through (C) are deceased or are incapacitated due to physical or | ||
mental illness or infirmity. | ||
(2) "Guardian [ |
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have the meanings assigned by Section 508.117. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 517 was passed by the House on April | ||
20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 517 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |