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Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Applies when the driver was ordered to use one. Under 18 gets life.
The bill raises the punishment for intoxication manslaughter when the driver was under a court or license order to use an ignition interlock device and drove a car without one or with one they knew was defeated. An adult in that situation would face life without parole, and a driver under 18 would face life in prison. It touches people already restricted to interlock-equipped vehicles who kill someone while intoxicated, and it applies to offenses on or after September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1310 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1310 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.PENDING FOREVER. Heard by the Senate Criminal Justice committee on Apr 1, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.
89R-SB476 · 2024-11-22
relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.
Applies when the driver was ordered to use one. Under 18 gets life.
The bill raises the punishment for intoxication manslaughter when the driver was under a court or license order to use an ignition interlock device and drove a car without one or with one they knew was defeated. An adult in that situation would face life without parole, and a driver under 18 would face life in prison. It touches people already restricted to interlock-equipped vehicles who kill someone while intoxicated, and it applies to offenses on or after September 1, 2025.
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No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Fiscal note · version I · March 29, 2025
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 6, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$1,140,000.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101009502, 101012383, 101061137, 101072395, 101072779.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$1,140,000.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101009502, 101012383, 101061137, 101072395, 101072779.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Fiscal note · version I · March 29, 2025
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Sen. Middleton, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 9, 2023: Referred to Criminal Justice
Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 22, 2024
04/01/2025 S Left pending in committee
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee
Crimes--Against Persons--General
Crimes--Capital Punishment
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment
Vehicles & Traffic--DWI & DUID
IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE
The text as introduced · 509 words
89R720 CJD-D By: Middleton S.B. No. 476 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 49.09(b-2), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (b-2) An offense under Section 49.08 is : (1) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person caused the death of a person described by Subsection (b-1) ; (2) a felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life if: (A) the actor committed the offense when younger than 18 years of age; and (B) it is shown on the trial of the offense that: (i) the actor was restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device under Article 17.441, Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 42A.408, Code of Criminal Procedure, Section 521.246, Transportation Code, or Subsection (h) of this section; and (ii) during the commission of the offense the actor, in violation of the order restricting the actor to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device, operated a motor vehicle not equipped with the device or a motor vehicle equipped with a device that the individual knew was circumvented or otherwise not functioning; or (3) a felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life without parole if: (A) the actor committed the offense when 18 years of age or older; and (B) it is shown on the trial of the offense that: (i) the actor was restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device under Article 17.441, Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 42A.408, Code of Criminal Procedure, Section 521.246, Transportation Code, or Subsection (h) of this section; and (ii) during the commission of the offense the actor, in violation of the order restricting the actor to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device, operated a motor vehicle not equipped with the device or a motor vehicle equipped with a device that the individual knew was circumvented or otherwise not functioning . SECTION 2. Section 49.09(c), Penal Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows: (5) "Ignition interlock device" has the meaning assigned by Article 42A.408, Code of Criminal Procedure. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.