Amend HB 1546 (house committee printing) by striking page 1, lines 9-22, and substituting the following:

in a state jail felony facility, not later than the 30th day before the date on which the defendant will have served 80 percent of the defendant's sentence, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall report to the sentencing court the number of days during which the defendant diligently participated in any educational, vocational, treatment, or work program. [The contents of a report submitted under this subdivision are not subject to challenge by a defendant.]

(6)  A judge, based on the report received under Subdivision (5), may credit against any time a 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. If the judge does not take action under this subdivision on or before the 30th day after the date the judge receives the report, the department shall credit against any time a 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. A time