Bill Text: TX HB4263 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 4263

Bill Title: Relating to the procedures and practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department regarding grievances submitted by department employees and former department employees and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective on 9/1/25 [HB4263 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB4263-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 4263




	AN ACT
	relating to the procedures and practices of the Texas Juvenile
	Justice Department regarding grievances submitted by department
	employees and former department employees and to the eligibility of
	a person to be appointed to the department's release review panel
	and the authority of a panel member.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 242.004(c), Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c) The department shall establish procedures and practices
	governing:
	(1) employment-related grievances submitted by
	department employees; and
	(2) grievances challenging disciplinary termination
	of employment [~~disciplinary actions within the department,~~
	~~including a procedure allowing a department employee to elect to~~
	~~participate in an independent dismissal mediation if the employee~~
	~~is recommended for dismissal~~].
	SECTION 2. Section 245.101(c), Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c) The executive director shall determine the size of the
	panel described by Subsection (b) and the length of the members'
	terms of service on the panel. The panel must consist of an odd
	number of members and the terms of the panel's members must last for
	at least two years. The executive director shall adopt policies
	that ensure the transparency, consistency, and objectivity of the
	panel's composition, procedures, and decisions. The executive
	director shall appoint persons to serve as members of the panel. A
	person appointed to the panel must be a department employee [~~who~~
	~~works at the department's central office~~]. A member of the panel
	may not be involved in any determination under this chapter
	[~~supervisory decisions~~] concerning a child [~~children~~] in the
	custody of the department for whom that panel member has made a
	supervisory decision.
	SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall establish
	the procedures and practices required by Section 242.004(c), Human
	Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 4263 was passed by the House on May 8,
	2025, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 4263 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0,
	1 present, not voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House

	I certify that H.B. No. 4263 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
	0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date

	__________________
	Governor