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TX HB5630
Bill
Status
3/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alma Allen
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AI Summary
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Courts may order defendants to serve all or part of a confinement sentence through alternatives such as educational programs, counseling, treatment, community service, or other reasonable options
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Alternatives to confinement can also apply to confinement periods required as a condition of community supervision
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Courts must determine that the alternative would provide accountability, encourage reformation, protect society, or encourage rehabilitation before ordering it
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Applies only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025
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Adds new Article 42.024 to Chapter 42 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
Legislative Description
Relating to the authority of a court to order a defendant to engage in certain alternatives to confinement as part of the defendant's sentence.
Criminal Procedure
Last Action
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
4/7/2025