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S.B. No. 1506
AN ACT
relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and
Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 508.141(g) and (g-1), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(g) The board shall adopt a policy establishing the date on
which the board may reconsider for release an inmate who has
previously been denied release. The policy must require the board
to reconsider
the inmate
for release[
:
[
(1)
an inmate serving a sentence for an offense
listed in Section 508.149(a) or for an offense punishable as a
felony of the second or third degree under Section 22.04, Penal
Code,
] during a month designated under Subsection (g-1) by the
parole panel that denied release[
; and
[
(2)
an inmate other than an inmate described by
Subdivision (1) as soon as practicable after the first anniversary
of the date of the denial
].
(g-1) The month designated
for reconsideration
[
under
Subsection (g)(1) by the parole panel that denied release
] must
:
(1) except as provided by Subdivisions (2) and (3),
begin after the first anniversary of the date of the denial and end
before the fifth anniversary of the date of the denial
;
(2)
if the inmate is serving a sentence for an offense
under Section 481.115, Health and Safety Code, involving a
controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1, or an offense under
Section 481.1151, 481.116, 481.1161, 481.117, 481.118, or 481.121
of that code, begin as soon as practicable after the first
anniversary of the date of the denial; or
(3) if
[
, unless
] the inmate is serving a sentence for
an offense under Section 22.021, Penal Code, or a life sentence for
a capital felony, [
in which event the designated month must
] begin
after the first anniversary of the date of the denial and end before
the 10th anniversary of the date of the denial.
SECTION 2. (a) Section 508.141, Government Code, as
amended 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.
(b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall adopt a policy
consistent with Section 508.141, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1506 passed the Senate on
April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4;
May 7, 2025, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 19, 2025, House
granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2025, Senate adopted
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 27,
Nays 4.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1506 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 6, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 125,
Nays 23, one present not voting; May 19, 2025, House granted
request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; May
31, 2025, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 9, two present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
______________________________
Date
______________________________
Governor