BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 1191
86R8038 JRR-D	By: Johnson, Jarvis et al. (Whitmire)
	Criminal Justice
	5/13/2019
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

H.B. 1191 amends current law relating to an annual report concerning the number of inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 501.023(b), Government Code, as follows:

(b) Requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), not later than December 31 of each year, to submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature and to make the report available to the public on TDCJ's Internet website, rather than requiring TDCJ, not later than December 31 of each year, to submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing committee having primary jurisdiction over TDCJ. Requires the report to summarize statistical information concerning the total number of inmates who have at any time been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services, including, disaggregated by age, the number of inmates who have not previously served a term of imprisonment.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2019.