republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2017.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter."
description: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2017"
citation: "Texas HB 2017 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aliens (I0032)", "Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "GOOD CONDUCT TIME (S0150)", "GRAYSON'S LAW (P15GX)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Hagenbuch", "Leo Wilson", "Pierson", "Schatzline"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 77
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69662be3-7ba8-44af-8887-c898e6d252e7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2017.xml"
source_hash: "6a11fabd09e9734e851bfcdbccaa7486a6fca1f9ac6c6b92bcba13f7806953cd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 2017 (89R) — Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02017I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02017E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02017H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02017S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02017F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **96–38** (pass) · lower
- passage — **96–38** (pass) · upper
- passage — **117–28** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2017 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Pierson — primary (person)
- Schatzline — primary (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Postponed
- **2025-05-05** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2025-05-30** House requests conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-30** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2025-05-30** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-31** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69662be3-7ba8-44af-8887-c898e6d252e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).