Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2649	House Author:  Allen
Effective:  9-1-11	Senate Sponsor:  Ellis

            House Bill 2649 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, not later than the 30th day before the date on which a defendant confined in a state jail facility will have served 80 percent of the defendant's sentence, to report to the sentencing court the number of days during which the defendant diligently participated in any educational, vocational, treatment, or work program and to authorize a judge to credit additional time against the sentence for each day a defendant actually served in a state jail facility while diligently participating in such a program.