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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to credit toward a defendant's sentence for time confined |
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in jail or prison before sentencing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2(a), Article 42.03, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In all criminal cases the judge of the court in which the |
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defendant is convicted shall give the defendant credit on the |
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defendant's sentence for the time that the defendant has spent: |
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(1) in jail for the case, including confinement served |
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as described by Article 46B.009 and excluding confinement served as |
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a condition of community supervision, from the time of the |
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defendant's [his] arrest and confinement until the defendant's |
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[his] sentence by the trial court; |
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(2) in a substance abuse treatment facility operated |
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by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.009, |
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Government Code, or another court-ordered residential program or |
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facility as a condition of deferred adjudication community |
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supervision granted in the case if the defendant successfully |
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completes the treatment program at that facility; [or] |
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(3) confined in a mental health facility or |
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residential care facility as described by Article 46B.009; or |
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(4) confined in jail or prison for another case if that |
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confinement occurred after the commission of the offense for which |
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the defendant is convicted and before the date of the defendant's |
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sentencing. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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defendant who is sentenced for an offense on or after the effective |
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date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense is committed |
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before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |