Bill Text: TX HB489 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB489 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB489-Introduced.html
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| By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 489 | |
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| relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.028. TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS AT DEPARTMENT | ||
| FACILITIES. The department shall ensure that the temperature in | ||
| each facility operated by the department is maintained at not less | ||
| than 65 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 85 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not | ||
| required to comply with the requirements of Section 501.028, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, until September 1, 2026. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
