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Texas sentence-credit laws
Texas has no new sentence-credit law taking effect right now. OutSooner tracks proposals and lets you look up official TDCJ dates from the state's monthly High Value Dataset.
What changes
- Good conduct time in Texas generally counts toward parole eligibility and mandatory supervision, not discharge.
- TDCJ publishes a monthly dataset with projected release, parole eligibility, and maximum sentence dates.
- Next regular legislative session: January 2027.
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Data: TDCJ High Value Dataset (monthly). Results are not indexed by search engines.
Texas timeline
- 90th Texas Legislature convenes.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a new good time law in Texas?
Not currently. We are watching the January 2027 session.
Where does the Texas lookup data come from?
The TDCJ High Value Dataset on data.texas.gov, updated monthly.
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