H.B. No. 2201
AN ACT
relating to housing certain inmates in state jail felony
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 507.006(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
the state jail division, with the approval of the board, may
designate one or more state jail felony facilities [or discrete
areas within one or more state jail felony facilities] to treat
inmates who are eligible for confinement in a substance abuse
felony punishment facility under Section 493.009 or to house
inmates who are sentenced to imprisonment in the institutional
division, but only if the designation does not deny placement in a
state jail felony facility of defendants required to serve terms of
confinement in a facility following conviction of state jail
felonies. The division may not house in a state jail felony
facility an inmate who:
(1) has a history of or has shown a pattern of violent
or assaultive behavior in county jail or a facility operated by the
department; or
(2) will increase the likelihood of harm to the public
if housed in the facility.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2201 was passed by the House on May 9,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 19, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2201 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor