88R3909 MPF-D
By: Meza H.B. No. 480
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the placement of an inmate in administrative
segregation based on membership in a security threat group.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.115 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.115. LIMITATION ON USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
SEGREGATION BASED ON MEMBERSHIP IN SECURITY THREAT GROUP. (a) The
department may not place an inmate in administrative segregation
based solely on membership in a security threat group unless the
director or director's designee determines that:
(1) the placement is necessary based on a reasonable
belief that the inmate constitutes an immediate threat to the
safety of the inmate or another person or to the security of the
facility in which the inmate is confined; and
(2) a less restrictive confinement alternative is
inadequate to address the threat described by Subdivision (1).
(b) The department shall review, on a weekly basis, the
placement of an inmate described by Subsection (a) in
administrative segregation and consider whether a less restrictive
confinement option is appropriate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.