TITLE: Relating to changing the eligibility for mandatory supervision of an inmate serving a sentence for or previously convicted of certain assaults.

SUMMARY: Relating to changing the eligibility for mandatory supervision of an inmate serving a sentence for or previously convicted of certain assaults.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to changing the eligibility for mandatory supervision of an inmate serving a sentence for or previously convicted of certain assaults. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 508.149(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously convicted of: (1) an offense for which the judgment contains an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of Criminal Procedure; (2) a first degree felony or a second degree felony under Section 19.02, Penal Code; (3) a capital felony under Section 19.03, Penal Code; (4) a first degree felony or a second degree felony under Section 20.04, Penal Code; (5) an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code; (6) a felony under Section 22.011, Penal Code; (7) a first degree felony or a second degree felony under Section 22.02, Penal Code; (8) a first degree felony under Section 22.021, Penal Code; (9) a first degree felony under Section 22.04, Penal Code; (10) a first degree felony under Section 28.02, Penal Code; (11) a second degree felony under Section 29.02, Penal Code; (12) a first degree felony under Section 29.03, Penal Code; (13) a first degree felony under Section 30.02, Penal Code; (14) a felony for which the punishment is increased under Section 481.134 or [Section] 481.140, Health and Safety Code; (15) an offense under Section 43.25, Penal Code; (16) an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code; (17) a first degree felony under Section 15.03, Penal Code; (18) an offense under Section 43.05, Penal Code; (19) an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code; (20) an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code; (21) a first degree felony under Section 71.02 or 71.023, Penal Code; [or] (22) an offense under Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code, punished under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that section;(23) a second degree felony under Section 22.01, Penal Code; or (24) an offense under Section 22.01, Penal Code, punished under Subsection (b)(2), (7), or (8) of that section.SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.