Tex. Gov't Code § 508.149 · Subchapter E. PAROLE AND MANDATORY SUPERVISION; RELEASE PROCEDURES
INMATES INELIGIBLE FOR MANDATORY SUPERVISION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously convicted of:
(1) an offense for which the judgment contains an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) a first degree felony or a second degree felony under Section 19.02, Penal Code;
(3) a capital felony under Section 19.03, Penal Code;
(4) a first degree felony or a second degree felony under Section 20.04, Penal Code;
(5) an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code;
(6) a felony under Section 22.011, Penal Code;
(7) a first degree felony or a second degree felony under Section 22.02, Penal Code;
(8) a first degree felony under Section 22.021, Penal Code;
(9) a first degree felony under Section 22.04, Penal Code;
(10) a first degree felony under Section 28.02, Penal Code;
(11) a second degree felony under Section 29.02, Penal Code;
(12) a first degree felony under Section 29.03, Penal Code;
(13) a first degree felony under Section 30.02, Penal Code;
(14) a felony for which the punishment is increased under Section 481.134 or 481.140, Health and Safety Code;
(15) an offense under Section 43.25, Penal Code;
(16) an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code;
(17) a first degree felony under Section 15.03, Penal Code;
(18) an offense under Section 43.05, Penal Code;
(19) an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code;
(20) an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code;
(21) a first degree felony under Section 71.02 or 71.023, Penal Code;
(22) an offense under Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code, punished under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that section;
(23) a second degree felony under Section 22.01, Penal Code;
(24) an offense under Section 22.01, Penal Code, punished under Subsection (b)(2), (7), or (8) of that section; or
Text of subdivision as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 557 (H.B. 1422), Sec. 9
(25) an offense under Section 21.03, Penal Code
Text of subdivision as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 570 (H.B. 1871), Sec. 4
(25) an offense under Section 15.01, Penal Code, punished under Subsection (e) of that section.
(a-1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense under Section 51.03 or 51.04, Penal Code, may not be released to mandatory supervision.
(b) An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision if a parole panel determines that:
(1) the inmate's accrued good conduct time is not an accurate reflection of the inmate's potential for rehabilitation; and
(2) the inmate's release would endanger the public.
(c) A parole panel that makes a determination under Subsection (b) shall specify in writing the reasons for the determination.
(d) A determination under Subsection (b) is not subject to administrative or judicial review, except that the parole panel making the determination shall reconsider the inmate for release to mandatory supervision at least twice during the two years after the date of the determination.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.22, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 786, Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.11, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 146 (S.B. 1832), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 24), Sec. 5.02, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 122 (H.B. 3000), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 9.011, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1325 (S.B. 549), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 2.53, eff. January 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 584 (S.B. 768), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 692 (H.B. 1577), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., 4th C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 4), Sec. 7, eff. March 5, 2024.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 557 (H.B. 1422), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 570 (H.B. 1871), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.1123OFFENSE: MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF SUBSTANCE IN PENALTY GROUP 1-B.Printed as Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.134DRUG-FREE ZONES.Printed as Section 481.134 or 481.140, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.140USE OF CHILD IN COMMISSION OF OFFENSE.Printed as Section 481.134 or 481.140, Health and Safety Code
Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 15.01CRIMINAL ATTEMPT.Printed as Section 15.01, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 15.03CRIMINAL SOLICITATION.Printed as Section 15.03, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 19.02MURDER.Printed as Section 19.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 19.03CAPITAL MURDER.Printed as Section 19.03, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 20.04AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING.Printed as Section 20.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 20A.02TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20A.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 20A.03CONTINUOUS TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20A.03, 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, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.01ASSAULT.Printed as Section 22.01, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.011SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 22.011, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.02AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.Printed as Section 22.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.021AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 22.021, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.04INJURY TO A CHILD, ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.Printed as Section 22.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 28.02ARSON.Printed as Section 28.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 29.02ROBBERY.Printed as Section 29.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 29.03AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.Printed as Section 29.03, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 30.02BURGLARY.Printed as Section 30.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.05COMPELLING PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 43.05, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.25SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD.Printed as Section 43.25, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 51.03ILLEGAL REENTRY BY CERTAIN ALIENS.Printed as Section 51.03 or 51.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 51.04REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH ORDER TO RETURN TO FOREIGN NATION.Printed as Section 51.03 or 51.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 71.02ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.Printed as Section 71.02 or 71.023, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 71.023DIRECTING ACTIVITIES OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS OR FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.Printed as Section 71.02 or 71.023, Penal Code
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