HB 1410
AN ACT relating to prohibiting the confinement of inmates by the Texas
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Prohibits the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from housing inmates in privately owned, operated, or managed facilities. The legislation applies to inmates sentenced to imprisonment, certain specific inmate categories, and prevents the department from entering into contracts for such housing arrangements. Exceptions exist for residential correctional facilities, and the law will take effect on September 1, 2025, impacting current and future inmate housing contracts.
Bill Text
relating to prohibiting the confinement of inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in facilities operated by private BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 493.036 to read as follows: Sec. 493.036. HOUSING IN PRIVATE FACILITY PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), the department may not house or confine in a facility owned, operated, or managed by a private vendor, including on a temporary (1) an inmate sentenced to imprisonment in the (2) an inmate described by Section 507.002; or (3) a person described by Section 493.009(a). (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a residential correctional facility as defined by Section 508.157. SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 495, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 495.0011 to read as follows: Sec. 495.0011. CERTAIN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may not enter into a contract under which an inmate sentenced to imprisonment in the department, an inmate described by Section 507.002, or a person described by Section 493.009(a) will be housed or confined in a facility owned, operated, or managed by a (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a contract relating to a residential correctional facility as defined by Section 508.157. SECTION 3. Section 493.036, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to the housing or confinement of a person described by that section on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the person is housed or confined occurred before, on, or after the effective date SECTION 4. Section 495.0011, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to a contract entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
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Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to prohibiting the confinement of inmates by the Texas
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