87R11114 EAS-D
 
  By: Meza H.B. No. 2751
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by
  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 501.115 to read as follows:
         Sec. 501.115.  LIMITATION ON USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
  SEGREGATION. (a) In this section, "serious bodily injury" has the
  meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code. 
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department may
  not confine an inmate in administrative segregation for more than
  three consecutive days based on misconduct by the inmate.
         (c)  The department may confine an inmate in administrative
  segregation for not more than 10 consecutive days for engaging in
  conduct that resulted in serious bodily injury to another person. 
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to any
  inmate who is confined in a facility operated by or under contract
  with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on or after the
  effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for
  which the inmate is confined occurred before, on, or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.