By: Gerdes, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hagenbuch) H.B. No. 2017          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2025;   May 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal   Justice; May 23, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the   eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and   parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as Grayson's Law.          SECTION 2.  Section 49.09(b-2), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b-2)  An offense under Section 49.08 is a felony of the   first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the   person:                (1)  caused the death of a person described by   Subsection (b-1); or                (2)  has previously been convicted of an offense   relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated,   operating an aircraft while intoxicated, operating a watercraft   while intoxicated, or operating or assembling an amusement ride   while intoxicated, and at the time of the commission of the instant   offense was in violation of Chapter 51.          SECTION 3.  Article 42A.059, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 42A.059.  PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION   PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THIS   STATE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a   defendant is not eligible for community supervision, including   deferred adjudication community supervision, under this chapter if   the defendant is charged with or convicted of an offense under:                (1)  Chapter 51, Penal Code; or                (2)  Section 49.08, Penal Code, if the offense is   punishable under Section 49.09(b-2)(2), Penal Code.          SECTION 4.  Section 508.145, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:          (e-1)  An inmate serving a sentence for an offense punishable   under Section 49.09(b-2)(2), Penal Code, is not eligible for   release on parole until the actual calendar time served, without   consideration of good conduct time, equals 10 years.          SECTION 5.  Section 508.147, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) and Section   508.149, a parole panel shall order the release of an inmate who is   not on parole to mandatory supervision when the actual calendar   time the inmate has served plus any accrued good conduct time equals   the term to which the inmate was sentenced.          (a-1)  An inmate serving a sentence for an offense punishable   under Section 49.09(b-2)(2), Penal Code, may not be released to   mandatory supervision unless:                (1)  the inmate's actual calendar time served, without   consideration of good conduct time, equals at least 10 years; and                (2)  the inmate is otherwise eligible for release under   Subsection (a).          SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *