Amends TCA Title 40.

This bill revises various provisions governing probation and parole, as follows:<br /> <br /> (1) Under present law, for individuals placed on supervised probation, the judge of the court having jurisdiction over the case determines the conditions of community supervision, which include that the department supervising the individual may impose graduated sanctions adopted by the department for violations of the conditions of community supervision. This bill adds that if the court requires a person on community supervision to report to a probation and parole officer, then such reporting requirements may be fulfilled through remote reporting if approved by the probation and parole officer or the court. This bill requires the probation and parole officer to schedule meetings that are required as a condition of probation at times and locations that take into consideration and accommodate the person on community supervision's work schedule, family caregiver obligations, and medical care unless doing so would cause a threat to public safety.<br /> <br /> (2) This bill provides for each person on probation or parole who maintains eligible employment accruing work for time credits under the following conditions:<br /> <br /> (A) The person must provide supporting documentation of eligible employment to the officer responsible for the person’s supervision within five working days of the conclusion of each 30-day period in which the person maintains eligible employment; <br /> <br /> (B) The officer must verify the person's eligible employment through the supporting documentation and any other means that the division of probation and parole determines necessary. The officer must enter the supporting documentation into and record the person's accrual of all work for time credits in the offender management system within five working days of verifying the person's eligible employment;<br /> <br /> (C) A person will accrue 30 work for time credits for every 30-day period in which the person maintains eligible employment, except for the 60-day period immediately prior to the person's adjusted sentence end date during which no work for time credits will accrue;<br /> <br /> (D) Upon the revocation of probation or parole or a new criminal conviction, the person forfeits all work for time credit previously accrued; and<br /> <br /> (E) A person will not receive work for time credits if the person's supporting documentation is unverifiable, inaccurate, or absent from the offender management system. If a request for work for time credits is denied, the officer will record the reason for the denial of work for time credits in the offender management system.<br /> <br /> For purposes of the above provisions, "eligible employment" means any occupation or combination of occupations for which an offender can provide documentation of verifiable wage-earning hours in the amount of at least 130 hours per 30-day period.<br /> <br /> This bill will take effect January 1, 2023.<br />