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  89R3305 DNC-D     By: Allen, Jones of Dallas, et al. H.B. No. 2341       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the award of diligent participation credit to   defendants confined in a state jail felony facility.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Articles 42A.559(b), (f), and (h), Code of   Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:          (b)  A defendant confined in a state jail felony facility   does not earn good conduct time for time served in the facility but   shall [ may ] be awarded diligent participation credit in accordance   with Subsection (f) [ or (g) ].          (f)   The [ For a defendant with a judgment that contains a   finding under Article 42.0199 that the defendant is presumptively   entitled to diligent participation credit and who has not been the   subject of disciplinary action while confined in the state jail   felony facility, the ] department shall credit against any time the   defendant is required to serve in a state jail felony facility   additional time for each day the defendant actually served in the   facility while diligently participating in an educational,   vocational, treatment, or work program.          (h)  A time credit under Subsection (f) [ or (g) ] may not   exceed one-fifth of the amount of time the defendant is originally   required to serve in the facility. A defendant may not be awarded a   time credit under Subsection (f) [ or (g) ] for any period during   which the defendant is subject to disciplinary status. A time   credit under Subsection (f) [ or (g) ] is a privilege and not a right.          SECTION 2.  The following provisions of the Code of Criminal   Procedure are repealed:                (1)  Article 42.0199; and                (2)  Article 42A.559(g).          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a person confined in a state jail felony facility for an offense   committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A person   confined in a state jail felony facility 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.