Bill Text: TX HB2923 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the conditions of confinement of children prior to certain judicial proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-06 - No action taken in committee [HB2923 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2923-Introduced.html
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By: Miles | H.B. No. 2923 |
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relating to the conditions of confinement of children prior to | ||
certain judicial proceedings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.12, Family Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (n) to read as follows: | ||
(n) A child, including a child who has been certified as | ||
eligible for determinate sentencing under Section 53.045 or a child | ||
who has been transferred to a district court or a criminal district | ||
court for criminal proceedings under Section 54.02, may be confined | ||
only in a certified juvenile detention facility before sentencing | ||
proceedings or commitment of the child after a disposition hearing, | ||
as applicable. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
child who is confined before sentencing proceedings or commitment | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether | ||
the conduct for which the child is sentenced or committed occurred | ||
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |