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H.B. No. 2017
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty 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 49.09(b-2), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b-2) An offense under Section 49.08 is a felony of the
first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the
person
:
(1)
caused the death of a person described by
Subsection (b-1)
; or
(2)
has previously been convicted of an offense
relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated,
operating an aircraft while intoxicated, operating a watercraft
while intoxicated, or operating or assembling an amusement ride
while intoxicated, and at the time of the commission of the instant
offense was in violation of 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 Section 49.09(b-2)(2), Penal Code
.
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 49.09(b-2)(2), 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 49.09(b-2)(2), 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.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2017 was passed by the House on May 6,
2025, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 28, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 2017 on May 30, 2025, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 2017 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 96,
Nays 38, 1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2017 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays
5; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
2017 on May 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
__________________
Governor