HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Corrections 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 

PLACE:       E2.026 
CHAIR:       Rep. Andrew Murr 

HB 30          Talarico
Relating to educational requirements for certain incarcerated students.

HB 1640        Sherman, Sr.                                          
Relating to a medication-assisted treatment program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for inmates with opioid use disorders.

HB 2385        Sherman, Sr.                                          
Relating to testing discharged or released inmates for communicable diseases and any life-threatening diseases or conditions.

HB 3002        Burns                                                 
Relating to a merchant allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete a theft education program.

HB 3432        Murr                                                  
Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators.

HB 3457        White                                                 
Relating to the applicability of certain laws to the Windham School District and teachers or administrators of the district.

HB 3606        Leach                                                 
Relating to the provision of vocational training to inmates confined in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer facility.

HB 3621        Cortez                                                
Relating to the creation of a mental health jail diversion pilot program in Bexar County.

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