84R11557 MK-D
By: Miles H.B. No. 2923
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the conditions of confinement of children prior to
certain judicial proceedings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.12, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (n) to read as follows:
(n) A child, including a child who has been certified as
eligible for determinate sentencing under Section 53.045 or a child
who has been transferred to a district court or a criminal district
court for criminal proceedings under Section 54.02, may be confined
only in a certified juvenile detention facility before sentencing
proceedings or commitment of the child after a disposition hearing,
as applicable.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
child who is confined before sentencing proceedings or commitment
on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether
the conduct for which the child is sentenced or committed occurred
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.