Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

This bill deletes present law provisions governing reduction of prison overcrowding and release privileges and adds the following:<br /> <br /> (1) Any sentence of continuous confinement imposed by the court for an offense that was committed on or after July 1, 2021, must not be reduced by any correctional institution, local jail, or workhouse;<br /> <br /> (2) The present law provisions governing sentence reduction credits apply to sentence reduction credits for sentences imposed for offenses committed prior to July 1, 2021, and will not apply to reduce the sentence imposed for an offense committed on or after July 1, 2021; <br /> <br /> (3) The present law provisions governing eligibility for parole will apply to offenses committed before July 1, 2021, and any sentence imposed for an offense committed on or after that date must be served in full before the defendant may be released from confinement; and<br /> <br /> (4) Subjects a person who commits the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child to community supervision for life.<br /> <br /> ON MAY 5, 2021, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1373, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to classify the offense of reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle as a Class C felony. Under present law, reckless endangerment is generally a Class A misdemeanor offense. The offense is a Class E felony when committed with a deadly weapon. The offense is a Class D felony when it involves discharging a firearm into an unoccupied habitation. The offense is a Class C felony when it involves discharging a firearm into an occupied habitation.<br />