By: Johnson of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - Parker) H.B. No. 517

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2023; April 25, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; May 11, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the persons who may provide information to a parole panel considering the release of an inmate on parole or to mandatory supervision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Nancy's Law.

SECTION 2. Section 508.153(e), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(e) In this section:

(1) "Close [, "close] relative of a deceased victim[,]" means a person who, regardless of whether the victim's death was related to the offense committed, was:

(A) the spouse of the victim at the time of the victim's death;

(B) a parent of the deceased victim;

(C) an adult brother, sister, or child of the deceased victim; or

(D) the nearest relative of the deceased victim by consanguinity, if the persons described by Paragraphs (A) through (C) are deceased or are incapacitated due to physical or mental illness or infirmity.

(2) "Guardian ["guardian] of a victim[,]" and "victim" have the meanings assigned by Section 508.117.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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