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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 2017: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2017 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. Primary sponsor: Stan Gerdes (Republican), Schatzline, Terri Leo-Wilson (Republican), Katrina Pierson (Republican), Brent Hagenbuch (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stan GerdesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse17
SchatzlinePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Terri Leo-WilsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Katrina PiersonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Brent HagenbuchPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Alan SchoolcraftCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective on 9/1/25
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the Senate
  5. Signed in the House
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  8. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  9. Record vote
  10. House adopts conference committee report
  11. Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source