87R11872 ADM-F     By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1836       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the vote required to release certain inmates on parole.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 508.046, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 508.046.  EXTRAORDINARY VOTE REQUIRED. (a) Except as   provided by Subsection (b), to [To] release on parole an inmate who   was convicted of an offense under Section 20A.03, 21.02,   21.11(a)(1), or 22.021, Penal Code, or who is required under   Section 508.145(c) to serve 35 calendar years before becoming   eligible for release on parole, all members of the board must vote   on the release on parole of the inmate, and at least two-thirds of   the members must vote in favor of the release on parole. A member of   the board may not vote on the release unless the member first   receives a copy of a written report from the department on the   probability that the inmate would commit an offense after being   released on parole.          (b)  This section does not apply to an inmate serving a   determinate sentence resulting from a disposition by a juvenile   court under Section 54.04(d)(3), 54.04(m), or 54.05(f), Family   Code.           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to any   inmate who is confined in a facility operated by or under contract   with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on or after the   effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for   which the inmate is confined occurred before, on, or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2021.