H.B. No. 1191
AN ACT
relating to an annual report concerning the number of inmates who
have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for
providing child protective services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.023(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department
shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
[the speaker of the house of representatives,] and each member of
the legislature and shall make the report available to the public on
the department's Internet website [standing committee having
primary jurisdiction over the department]. The report must
summarize statistical information concerning the total number of
inmates who have at any time been in the conservatorship of a state
agency responsible for providing child protective services,
including, disaggregated by age, the number of inmates who have not
previously served a term of imprisonment.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1191 was passed by the House on May 2,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1191 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor