Relating to the imposition of concurrent or consecutive sentences for certain convictions.
relating to the imposition of concurrent or consecutive sentences
for certain convictions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), a defendant has been
convicted of an offense if the defendant was adjudged guilty of the
offense or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in return for
a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision, regardless
of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether
the sentence was probated and the defendant was subsequently
discharged from community supervision.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
