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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the revocation of community supervision for a violation |
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of a condition of community supervision committed by a defendant |
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who is the primary caretaker of a child or is pregnant. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 42A.751, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: |
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(h-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the court may not |
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revoke the community supervision of a defendant for a violation of a |
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condition of community supervision if, at the revocation hearing, |
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the court finds that: |
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(1) the defendant is the primary caretaker of a child |
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younger than 18 years of age or is pregnant; and |
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(2) the violation does not involve being arrested for, |
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charged with, or convicted of an offense that is punishable as a |
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Class B misdemeanor or any higher category of offense. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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person on community supervision on or after the effective date of |
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this Act, regardless of whether the person was placed on community |
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supervision before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |