HB357 - Relating to a defendant's eligibility for reduction or termination of community supervision.

  89R4301 EAS-F     By: Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 357       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a defendant's eligibility for reduction or termination   of community supervision.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 42A.701(g), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (g)  This article does not apply to a defendant convicted of:                (1)  an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code ,   unless the defendant successfully completes a veterans treatment   court program under Chapter 124, Government Code ;                (2)  an offense the conviction of which requires   registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62; or                (3)  a felony described by Article 42A.054.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a person who is placed on community supervision for an offense   committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A person who   is placed on community supervision for 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.