Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3158 Compare Versions

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11 88R10777 MAW-D
22 By: Leach H.B. No. 3158
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to occupational licensing of inmates in the Texas
88 Department of Criminal Justice.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. Section 53.021, Occupations Code, is amended by
1111 adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
1212 (b-1) Subsection (b) does not prohibit a licensing
1313 authority from accepting an application from an inmate imprisoned
1414 in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
1515 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.