BILL ANALYSIS |
H.B. 1620 |
By: Bonnen, Greg |
Criminal Jurisprudence |
Committee Report (Unamended) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Current law prohibits a judge from ordering community supervision for a defendant convicted of committing certain sexual or violent crimes, including murder, sexual assault, aggravated robbery, an offense committed with a deadly weapon, and trafficking of persons. However, this list of offenses does not currently include burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit certain felony sexual offenses. H.B. 1620 seeks to include the offense of burglary of a habitation committed with the intent to commit certain felony sexual offenses among the offenses for which a judge is prohibited from placing a defendant on community supervision and for which an inmate is ineligible for release on parole until a specified amount of time has elapsed.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
H.B. 1620 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to include first degree felony burglary committed with the intent to commit felony continuous sexual abuse of a young child or children, indecency with a child, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, or prohibited sexual conduct among the offenses for which a judge is prohibited from placing a defendant on community supervision.
H.B. 1620 amends the Government Code to include such a burglary offense committed with that intent among the offenses for which an inmate serving a sentence is not eligible for release on parole until the inmate'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 in less than two calendar years.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2013.
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