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| 1 | 1 | 89R2151 RDR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miles S.B. No. 2086 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to job interview restrictions for releasees from the Texas | |
| 10 | 10 | Department of Criminal Justice. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 508.1143 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 508.1143. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON RELEASEE JOB | |
| 15 | 15 | INTERVIEWS PROHIBITED. A parole officer may not: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) limit the number of job interviews that a releasee | |
| 17 | 17 | may attend per day; or | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) prohibit a releasee from visiting a premises, | |
| 19 | 19 | facility, or location without specific approval for the visit by | |
| 20 | 20 | the parole officer if the visit is for a job interview and the | |
| 21 | 21 | releasee has previously been approved to visit the premises, | |
| 22 | 22 | facility, or location for a related purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |