Bill Text: TX HB2305 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to a report on recidivism rates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-01 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB2305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2305-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to a report on recidivism rates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-01 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB2305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2305-Comm_Sub.html
88R22835 LHC-D | |||
By: Sherman, Sr. | H.B. No. 2305 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2305: | |||
By: Herrero | C.S.H.B. No. 2305 |
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relating to a report on recidivism rates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 322.0195 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 322.0195. RECIDIVISM REPORT. (a) The board shall | ||
prepare a biennial report on recidivism that includes rearrest and | ||
reincarceration rates. The report must include: | ||
(1) statewide rearrest and reincarceration rates for | ||
individuals released from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice | ||
or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and | ||
(2) rearrest and reincarceration rates for all | ||
individuals for the following counties: | ||
(A) Bexar; | ||
(B) Collin; | ||
(C) Dallas; | ||
(D) Denton; | ||
(E) El Paso; | ||
(F) Fort Bend; | ||
(G) Harris; | ||
(H) Hidalgo; | ||
(I) Tarrant; and | ||
(J) Travis. | ||
(b) In preparing the report, the board shall collaborate | ||
with the Department of Public Safety and each sheriff. The | ||
Department of Public Safety and each sheriff shall provide any | ||
information requested by the board for the purpose of preparing the | ||
report. | ||
(c) The report may be included in any other report made by | ||
the board. | ||
(d) Not later than the last day of February of each | ||
odd-numbered year, the board shall submit the report to the | ||
governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of the | ||
legislature. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |