Bills affecting Formerly incarcerated or family of in Texas — 2026 session

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; increasing criminal penalties; changing parole eligibility.

Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the adjudication and disposition of cases involving delinquent conduct, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision for certain repeat intoxication offenders.

Relating to post-release housing for inmates released on parole or to mandatory supervision.

Relating to credit toward payment of fines and costs for certain defendants.

Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.

Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.

Relating to the protection and detention of a juvenile who engages in delinquent conduct or commits a felony offense while committed to the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; changing the eligibility for community supervision; redefining habitual felony conduct.

Relating to the possession of a firearm by persons convicted of certain felony offenses.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain public servants and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those public servants.

Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.

Relating to jury instructions regarding parole eligibility and the release on parole of certain inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age; changing parole eligibility.

Relating to a defendant's eligibility for reduction or termination of community supervision.

Relating to notification by the secretary of state when a person convicted of a felony may register to vote.

Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment and to victims' rights regarding a motion to grant a commutation.

Relating to the authority of a court to terminate the sentence of certain persons released on parole.

Relating to the placement on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child.

Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain repeat intoxication offenders.

Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, and the Windham School District.