Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 877	Senate Author:  Seliger
Effective:  9-1-07	House Sponsor:  Vaught

            Senate Bill 877 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to render a person convicted of the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual, if the offense is punishable as a first degree felony and the victim is a child, ineligible for judge‑ordered community supervision.  The bill amends the Government Code to render such a defendant ineligible for release on parole until the defendant's actual calendar time served, without consideration of good conduct time, equals one-half of the sentence or 30 calendar years, whichever is less, but in no event is the defendant eligible for release on parole in less than two calendar years.