Bill Text: TX SB211 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the vote required to release certain inmates on parole.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB211 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB211-Introduced.html
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By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 211 |
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relating to the vote required to release certain inmates on parole. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 508.046, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 508.046. EXTRAORDINARY VOTE REQUIRED. (a) Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b), to [ |
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was convicted of an offense under Section 20A.03, 21.02, | ||
21.11(a)(1), or 22.021, Penal Code, or who is required under | ||
Section 508.145(c) to serve 35 calendar years before becoming | ||
eligible for release on parole, all members of the board must vote | ||
on the release on parole of the inmate, and at least two-thirds of | ||
the members must vote in favor of the release on parole. A member of | ||
the board may not vote on the release unless the member first | ||
receives a copy of a written report from the department on the | ||
probability that the inmate would commit an offense after being | ||
released on parole. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to an inmate serving a | ||
determinate sentence resulting from a disposition by a juvenile | ||
court under Section 54.04(d)(3), 54.04(m), or 54.05(f), Family | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to any | ||
inmate who is confined in a facility operated by or under contract | ||
with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for | ||
which the inmate is confined occurred before, on, or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |