89R8635 EAS-D     By: Villalobos H.B. No. 2306       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of   certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses   involving child victims and disabled individuals.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 508.145(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  An inmate is not eligible for release on parole if the   inmate is under sentence of death, serving a sentence of life   imprisonment without parole, or serving a sentence for any of the   following offenses under the Penal Code:                (1)  Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or (8);                (2)  Section 20A.03, if the offense is based partly or   wholly on conduct constituting an offense under Section   20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or (8);                (3) [(2)]  Section 21.02;                (4) [(3)]  Section 22.021, if the offense is punishable   under Subsection (f) of that section; or                (5) [(4)]  Section 51.03 or 51.04.          SECTION 2.  Section 508.145(d)(1), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (d)(1)  This subsection applies only to an inmate who is   serving a sentence for:                      (A)  an offense described by Article 42A.054(a),   Code of Criminal Procedure, other than an offense under Section   19.03, Penal Code, or an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, that   is described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [(c-1)(1)];                      (B)  an offense for which the judgment contains an   affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of   Criminal Procedure; or                      (C)  an offense under Section 71.02 or 71.023,   Penal Code.          SECTION 3.  The following provisions are repealed:                (1)  Article 42.01991, Code of Criminal Procedure; and                (2)  Section 508.145(c-1), Government Code.          SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act 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, 2025.