85R11744 ADM-D
 
  By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 2676
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the restoration of rights to certain persons convicted
  of a felony offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.002, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(4)(A), a person on
  parole or released to mandatory supervision, other than a person
  required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, is considered to have fully discharged the
  person's sentence if the person:
               (1)  was released on parole or to mandatory supervision
  not less than 10 years before the day the person offers to vote; and
               (2)  has been released from supervision and reporting
  requirements under Section 508.155, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(4)(A), a person on
  parole or released to mandatory supervision, other than a person
  required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, is considered to have fully discharged the
  person's sentence if the person:
               (1)  was released on parole or to mandatory supervision
  not less than 10 years before the date the registration application
  is submitted; and
               (2)  has been released from supervision and reporting
  requirements under Section 508.155, Government Code.
         SECTION 3.  Section 46.04(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A person who has been convicted of a felony commits an
  offense if the person [he] possesses a firearm:
               (1)  after conviction and before:
                     (A)  except as provided by Paragraph (B), the
  fifth anniversary of the person's release from confinement
  following conviction of the felony or the person's release from
  supervision under community supervision, parole, or mandatory
  supervision, whichever date is later; or
                     (B)  for a person on parole or released to
  mandatory supervision, other than a person required to register as
  a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, who has
  been released from supervision and reporting requirements under
  Section 508.155, Government Code, the 10th anniversary of the date
  the person was released on parole or to mandatory supervision; or
               (2)  after the period described by Subdivision (1), at
  any location other than the premises at which the person lives.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  46.04, Penal Code, applies only to an offense committed on or after
  the effective date of this Act.  An offense committed before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this section, an offense
  was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element
  of the offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.