Bill Text: TX HB428 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the solicitation of pen pals by certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB428 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB428-Engrossed.html
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| By: Shaheen, Leach, Meyer, Gervin-Hawkins, | H.B. No. 428 | |
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| relating to the solicitation of pen pals by certain inmates of the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 500, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 500.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 500.009. PEN PAL SOLICITATION PROHIBITED. (a) This | ||
| section applies only to an inmate confined in a facility operated by | ||
| or under contract with the department who is serving a sentence for | ||
| an offense for which registration as a sex offender is required | ||
| under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| (b) The department shall adopt a policy that prohibits an | ||
| inmate described by Subsection (a) from placing an advertisement | ||
| soliciting a pen pal on an Internet website operated for that | ||
| purpose, regardless of whether another person submits or pays for | ||
| the advertisement for the inmate. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice shall adopt the policy required by | ||
| Section 500.009, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
