Bill Text: TX HB265 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on dyslexia and illiteracy among inmates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Corrections [HB265 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB265-Introduced.html
87R1675 JG-D | ||
By: Meza | H.B. No. 265 |
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relating to a report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on | ||
dyslexia and illiteracy among inmates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) Not later than June 1, 2022, the Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice shall identify each inmate confined | ||
in a facility operated by or under contract with the department who | ||
has dyslexia or is illiterate. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2022, the Texas Department | ||
of Criminal Justice shall prepare and submit to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and each standing committee of the legislature with primary | ||
jurisdiction over the department a written report that includes: | ||
(1) a summary of the department's findings under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section, including statistical information | ||
regarding the incidence of dyslexia and illiteracy among inmates; | ||
and | ||
(2) legislative recommendations to address the | ||
incidence of dyslexia and illiteracy among inmates. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |