Bill Text: TX HB1967 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a plan by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to modernize post-adjudication secure correctional facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Filed [HB1967 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1967-Introduced.html

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89R7963 CJD-D
By: Garcia of Bexar H.B. No. 1967

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a plan by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to
modernize post-adjudication secure correctional facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. PLAN FOR MODERNIZATION OF JUVENILE DETENTION
FACILITIES. (a) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall
develop and adopt a plan to modernize post-adjudication secure
correctional facilities.
(b) The plan must include, for all current and future
post-adjudication secure correctional facilities, equipping the
living quarters of each child committed to the department with a
restroom and running water.
SECTION 2. SUBMISSION TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than June
1, 2026, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall submit to the
legislature the plan developed under this Act and the estimated
cost of implementation of the plan.
SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2026.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1, 2025.