Bill Text: TX HB918 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective on 1/1/20 [HB918 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB918-Introduced.html

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86R5165 JG-D
By: White H.B. No. 918

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing certain discharged or released inmates with
documentation to assist in obtaining employment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.0155 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.0155. PROVIDING DISCHARGED OR RELEASED INMATE WITH
DOCUMENTATION FOR EMPLOYMENT. When an inmate is discharged or
released on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon
and the intended residence designated by the inmate is in this
state, the department shall provide the inmate with relevant
documentation to assist the inmate in obtaining post-release
employment, including:
(1) as applicable:
(A) the copy of the inmate's job training record
described by Section 497.094;
(B) the copy of the inmate's work record
described by Section 497.095; and
(C) the personal identification certificate
requested to be issued under Section 501.0165;
(2) a certified copy of the inmate's birth
certificate;
(3) the inmate's social security card or a replacement
social security card;
(4) a resume that includes any trade learned by the
inmate and the inmate's proficiency at that trade; and
(5) documentation that the inmate has completed a
practice job interview.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.