Bill Text: TX HB339 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to municipal regulation of structured sober living homes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB339 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB339-Introduced.html
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| By: Vasut | H.B. No. 339 | |
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| relating to municipal regulation of structured sober living homes. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 229, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. STRUCTURED SOBER LIVING HOMES | ||
| Sec. 229.151. DEFINITION OF STRUCTURED SOBER LIVING HOME. | ||
| (a) In this subchapter, "structured sober living home" means a home | ||
| or other residential structure at which a person operates a program | ||
| to provide: | ||
| (1) alcohol-free or drug-free housing to a group of | ||
| unrelated individuals who are: | ||
| (A) recovering from alcohol or drug addiction; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) receiving outpatient behavioral health | ||
| services for substance abuse or addiction treatment while living in | ||
| the home; | ||
| (2) independent living and life skills development to | ||
| those individuals; and | ||
| (3) structured activities for recovery from substance | ||
| abuse disorders in a supervised setting to those individuals. | ||
| (b) The term "structured sober living home" does not include | ||
| the home of an individual who requires a related family member to | ||
| receive outpatient behavioral health services for substance abuse | ||
| or addiction treatment as a condition of continuing to reside in the | ||
| individual's home. | ||
| Sec. 229.152. REGULATION OF STRUCTURED SOBER LIVING HOMES. | ||
| (a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may adopt | ||
| standards for structured sober living homes that comply with state | ||
| and federal fair housing laws and the Americans with Disabilities | ||
| Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.). | ||
| (b) The governing body of a municipality may require in | ||
| standards adopted under Subsection (a) that the owner or operator | ||
| of a structured sober living home: | ||
| (1) provide written notice to residents and potential | ||
| residents that includes: | ||
| (A) the name and address of the home; and | ||
| (B) for the property at which the home is | ||
| located: | ||
| (i) the property owner's name, address, and | ||
| telephone number; and | ||
| (ii) if the property is leased, a copy of | ||
| the lease that states that the property is to be used as a | ||
| structured sober living home; | ||
| (2) supervise residents during all hours of operation; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) establish and maintain an operation plan to: | ||
| (A) facilitate the rehabilitative process, | ||
| including discharge planning; | ||
| (B) address the maintenance of the home and the | ||
| property where the home is located; and | ||
| (C) comply with municipal noise abatement | ||
| requirements. | ||
| (c) The governing body of a municipality may exempt a | ||
| structured sober living home from standards adopted under this | ||
| section if the home is subject to adequate oversight by another | ||
| governmental entity or contractor. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
