HB 2085
AN ACT relating to the deadline for the Texas Department of Criminal
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
Modifies the timeline for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to take custody of convicted felons, reducing the current transfer window from 45 days to the first day after all required legal documents are certified. The change applies to person confined on or after the effective date of September 1, 2025, potentially expediting the transfer process for individuals sentenced to death or imprisonment in state facilities or state jails. The legislation aims to streamline the transfer of convicted individuals between county and state custody.
Bill Text
relating to the deadline for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to take custody of certain persons confined in a county BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 499.1215(b), Government Code, is amended (b) The department shall take custody of a person awaiting transfer to the department following conviction of a felony and sentencing to death or to a term of imprisonment in the department or confinement in a state jail not later than the first [45th] day following the date on which all documents required by Sections 8(a) and (c), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, have been certified as required by Section 8(b) of that article. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to the confinement of a person that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the requirements for transfer of the person to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are completed before, on, or after that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
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Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the deadline for the Texas Department of Criminal
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