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SB 2381

AN ACT relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by

Subject Areas

Corrections--Jails & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Bill Text

relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.115 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.115.  LIMITATION ON USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
SEGREGATION.  (a)  In this section, "serious bodily injury" has the
meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department may
not confine an inmate in administrative segregation for more than
three consecutive days based on misconduct by the inmate.
(c)  The department may confine an inmate in administrative
segregation for not more than 10 consecutive days for engaging in
conduct that resulted in serious bodily injury to another person.
SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to any
inmate who is confined in a facility operated by or under contract
with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on or after the
effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for
which the inmate is confined occurred before, on, or after the
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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