HB 4160 Summary

• Allows individuals sentenced to life imprisonment without parole or to a term of years who were under 19 years old at the time of conviction to become parole-eligible after serving 10 years for crimes including murder, criminal sexual conduct, human trafficking, and drug manufacturing.

• Requires the parole board to consider the individual's age and immaturity at offense, family and home environment, circumstances of the offense, role in the crime, and influence of peer pressure when determining parole eligibility.

• Updates statutory language to use gender-neutral pronouns ("the prisoner" instead of "he or she") throughout Section 34 of the Corrections Code.

• Makes the bill contingent on simultaneous enactment of HB 4161, HB 4162, HB 4163, and HB 4164 (tie-bar provision).

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.