88R10777 MAW-D
 
  By: Leach H.B. No. 3158
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to occupational licensing of inmates in the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 53.021, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Subsection (b) does not prohibit a licensing
  authority from accepting an application from an inmate imprisoned
  in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.