Amend HB 156 by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly: SECTION_____. Chapter 498, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 498.0042 to read as follows: Sec. 498.0042. FORFEITURE FOR CONTACTING VICTIMS. (a) The department shall adopt policies that prohibit an inmate in the institutional division or in a transfer facility from contacting by letter, telephone, or any other means, either directly or indirectly, a victim of the offense for which the inmate is serving a sentence, if: (1) the victim was younger than 17 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense; and (2) the department has not, before the inmate makes contact: (A) received written consent to the contact from: (i) a parent of the victim, other than the inmate; (ii) a legal guardian of the victim; or (iii) the victim, if the victim is 17 years of age or older at the time of giving the consent; and (B) provided the inmate with a copy of the consent. (b) If, during the actual term of imprisonment of an inmate in the institutional division or a transfer facility, the inmate violates a policy adopted under Subsection (a), the department shall forfeit all or any part of the inmate's accrued good conduct time. The department may not restore good conduct time forfeited under this subsection. SECTION_____. The change in law made by this Act applies to an inmate who violates a rule adopted by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice under Section 498.0042, Government Code, as added by this Act, on or after the effective date of the rule, regardless of whether the inmate is serving a sentence for an offense committed before, on, or after the effective date of the rule.