Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.102 · Subchapter C. DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
ELIGIBILITY FOR DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a judge may place on deferred adjudication community supervision a defendant charged with an offense under Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, regardless of the age of the victim, or a defendant charged with a felony described by Article 42A.453(b) only if the judge makes a finding in open court that placing the defendant on deferred adjudication community supervision is in the best interest of the victim. The failure of the judge to make a finding under this subsection is not grounds for the defendant to set aside the plea, deferred adjudication, or any subsequent conviction or sentence.
(b) In all other cases, the judge may grant deferred adjudication community supervision unless:
(1) the defendant is charged with an offense:
(A) under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code;
(B) under Section 49.04 or 49.06, Penal Code, and, at the time of the offense:
(i) the defendant held a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit; or
(ii) the defendant's alcohol concentration, as defined by Section 49.01, Penal Code, was 0.15 or more;
(C) for which punishment may be increased under Section 49.09, Penal Code;
(D) for which punishment may be increased under Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was increased under any one of those subsections; or
(E) under Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code, that is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that section;
(2) the defendant:
(A) is charged with an offense under Section 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code, regardless of the age of the victim, or a felony described by Article 42A.453(b), other than a felony described by Subdivision (1)(A) or (3)(B) of this subsection; and
(B) has previously been placed on community supervision for an offense under Paragraph (A);
(3) the defendant is charged with an offense under:
(A) Section 21.02, Penal Code;
(B) Section 21.03, Penal Code; or
(C) Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is punishable under Subsection (f) of that section or under Section 12.42(c)(3) or (4), Penal Code; or
(4) the defendant is charged with an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code, except that the judge may grant deferred adjudication community supervision on determining that the defendant did not cause the death of the deceased, did not intend to kill the deceased or another, and did not anticipate that a human life would be taken.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1137 (H.B. 2758), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1298 (H.B. 3582), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 584 (S.B. 768), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 4.005, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 813 (H.B. 1163), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 557 (H.B. 1422), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
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Code of Criminal Procedure
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Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 19.02MURDER.Printed as Section 19.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 20A.02TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 20A.03CONTINUOUS TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.02CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF YOUNG CHILD OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.Printed as Section 21.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.03CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE.Printed as Section 21.03, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 21.11INDECENCY WITH A CHILD.Printed as Section 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code | Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.011SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code | Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.021AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code | Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code | Section 22.021, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.04AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.05COMPELLING PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.01DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 49.01, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.04DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.Printed as Section 49.04 or 49.06, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.045DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH CHILD PASSENGER.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.05FLYING WHILE INTOXICATED.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.06BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED.Printed as Section 49.04 or 49.06, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.061BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH CHILD PASSENGER.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.065ASSEMBLING OR OPERATING AN AMUSEMENT RIDE WHILE INTOXICATED.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.07INTOXICATION ASSAULT.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.08INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.09ENHANCED OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.Printed as Section 49.09, Penal Code
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