Bill Text: TX HB3158 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to occupational licensing of inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-02 - Postponed 6/1/23 10:00 AM [HB3158 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3158-Comm_Sub.html

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88R10777 MAW-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 3158

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to occupational licensing of inmates in the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 53.021, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Subsection (b) does not prohibit a licensing
authority from accepting an application from an inmate imprisoned
in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.