Subject Corrections--Jails & Prisons | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | HB62 | Relating to a justice or judge having an interest in a business entity that owns, manages, or operates a private correctional or rehabilitation facility. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| TX | HB634 | Relating to the verification of an inmate's veteran status by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective immediately |
| TX | HB797 | Relating to certain written information the Windham School District must provide to a person before the person enrolls in a district vocational training program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective immediately |
| TX | HB799 | Relating to vocational training programs provided by the Windham School District. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | HB978 | Relating to the transportation of certain patients to a mental health facility. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | HB1544 | Relating to the authority of a county to contract with a private vendor for the operation of a detention facility. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective immediately |
| TX | SB1003 | Relating to a review of and report regarding the use of adult and juvenile administrative segregation in facilities in this state. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | SB213 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the Windham School District and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Correctional Managed Health ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | HB2454 | Relating to reimbursement of health care services rendered by a health care provider for an inmate of a county jail or another county correctional facility. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | SB1173 | Relating to procedures for the sentencing and placement on community supervision of defendants charged with the commission of a state jail felony. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | HB2719 | Relating to collecting and reporting information concerning inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services and concerning inmate parole, reentry, and integration. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | HB2679 | Relating to permitting an alternative plea for a defendant detained in jail pending trial for a Class C misdemeanor. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | SB1313 | Relating to the Correctional Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective immediately |
| TX | SB1475 | Relating to a jail-based restoration of competency pilot program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 Effective on 9/1/13 |
| TX | HB3793 | Relating to powers, duties, and services of entities serving counties and county residents. [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-14 See remarks for effective date |
| TX | SCR37 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 1003. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-26 Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| TX | SB1522 | Relating to the procedures applicable to the revocation of a person's release on parole or to mandatory supervision. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB1839 | Relating to the detention of certain juvenile offenders. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB991 | Relating to the release of certain inmates on medically recommended intensive supervision. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-20 Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | SB36 | Relating to the detention and transportation of a person with a mental illness. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB2625 | Relating to disease management practices of local mental health authorities. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| TX | HB1992 | Relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate's sentence. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| TX | HB2678 | Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a person in custody. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB2811 | Relating to programs provided by volunteer and faith-based organizations to inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| TX | SB1912 | Relating to disease management practices of local mental health authorities. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB2053 | Relating to temporarily holding certain arrested persons in municipal jails. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB2877 | Relating to the applicability of the Texas Theft Liability Act to certain claims by inmates for lost, damaged, or confiscated property. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| TX | HB370 | Relating to registering to vote and voting while in custody at certain county jails and related procedures. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB1266 | Relating to a review of and report regarding the use of adult and juvenile administrative segregation in facilities in this state. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-04 Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB2289 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the Windham School District and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Correctional Managed Health ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-04 Laid on the table subject to call |
| TX | HB1070 | Relating to the expunction of certain alcohol- and drug-related offenses following successful treatment and rehabilitation. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB2349 | Relating to a jail-based restoration of competency pilot program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-01 Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB3191 | Relating to the Correctional Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-30 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar |
| TX | SB368 | Relating to the release by a sheriff of certain defendants to an electronic monitoring or house arrest program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-29 Committee report printed and distributed |
| TX | HB1543 | Relating to the eligibility for reappointment of the independent ombudsman of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and the authority of the independent ombudsman in regard to juveniles in custody in certain facilities other than the department's fac... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-29 Considered in Calendars |
| TX | HB2652 | Relating to providing inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with information regarding reentry and reintegration resources. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB2598 | Relating to AIDS, HIV, and hepatitis education and testing for inmates, state jail defendants, and employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB2398 | Relating to a study of and report regarding Texas Department of Criminal Justice visitation policies. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB529 | Relating to the detention of juveniles pending criminal trial. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB686 | Relating to the reporting of certain information regarding inmates and the use of administrative segregation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB3004 | Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB3533 | Relating to notifying the next of kin of a person confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of a change in the person's eligibility to receive visitors. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB2579 | Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a person in custody. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-16 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB2847 | Relating to the composition of the Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities and certain contract requirements for political subdivisions of this state. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-16 No action taken in committee |
| TX | HB3406 | Relating to creating an offense for persons imprisoned or confined in correctional facilities to threaten to harm certain other persons by certain means of communication. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-16 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB177 | Relating to housing prisoners in a tent or other facility in lieu of a county jail. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB3055 | Relating to minimum jail standards for county jails. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 Withdrawn from schedule |
| TX | HB3420 | Relating to the carrying of firearms by certain off-duty employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the carrying of a handgun by a license holder in certain locations; authorizing a fee. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB3531 | Relating to establishing a peer education program for offenders in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 Left pending in committee |
| TX | HB37 | Relating to ensuring the continuation of certain public benefits, including medical assistance, for individuals after release from confinement in a county jail. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Left pending in committee |
