TX HB1760

Establishes a minimum term of imprisonment of five years for intoxication manslaughter, which remains classified as a second degree felony

Requires defendants convicted of intoxication manslaughter who receive community supervision to serve at least five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (increased from 120 days of confinement)

Allows judges to reduce the minimum imprisonment term to two years for community supervision cases if they find it serves the community's best interest and enter that finding on the record

Prohibits parole or mandatory supervision release for intoxication manslaughter until the inmate has served at least five years of actual calendar time, excluding good conduct time credits

May be cited as "Lauren and CJ's Law" and applies only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025