88R10777 MAW-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 3158
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to occupational licensing of inmates in the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 53.021, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Subsection (b) does not prohibit a licensing
authority from accepting an application from an inmate imprisoned
in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.