By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 383
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility for an occupational license by certain
  former inmates and the practice of certain occupations by an inmate
  of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.4042 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.4042.  ELIGIBILITY OF INMATES FOR CERTAIN LICENSES.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may adopt rules
  authorizing the issuance of a license under Chapter 1302, 1305, or
  1603 to an applicant who is an inmate of the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1302, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1302.062 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1302.062.  INMATES. This chapter does not apply to a
  person who performs air conditioning and refrigeration-related
  work as an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the
  work is performed as part of a reentry program or under supervision
  acceptable to the department.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1305.003, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  This chapter does not apply to a person who performs
  electrical work as an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice if the work is performed as part of a reentry program or
  under supervision acceptable to the department.
         SECTION 4.  Section 1603.0013, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1603.0013.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter
  does not apply to a person who:
               (1)  does not represent or advertise to the public
  directly or indirectly that the person is authorized by the
  department to practice barbering or cosmetology and the person is:
                     (A)  licensed in this state to practice medicine,
  dentistry, podiatry, chiropractic, or nursing and operating within
  the scope of the person's license;
                     (B)  a commissioned or authorized medical or
  surgical officer of the United States armed forces; or
                     (C)  an inmate in the institutional division of
  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who performs barbering or
  cosmetology during the person's incarceration;
               (2)  provides a service in an emergency;
               (3)  is in the business of or receives compensation for
  makeup applications only;
               (4)  provides a cosmetic service as a volunteer or an
  employee performing regular duties at a licensed nursing or
  convalescent custodial or personal care home to a patient residing
  in the home;
               (5)  owns, operates, or manages a licensed nursing or
  convalescent custodial or personal care home that allows a person
  with an operator license to perform cosmetic services for patients
  residing in the home on an occasional but not daily basis;
               (6)  provides an incidental cosmetic service, or owns,
  operates, or manages the location where that service is provided,
  if the primary purpose of the service is to enable or assist the
  recipient of the service to participate as the subject of:
                     (A)  a photographic sitting at a permanent
  establishment that charges a fee exclusively for a photographic
  sitting;
                     (B)  a television appearance; or
                     (C)  the filming of a motion picture; or
               (7)  performs only natural hair braiding, including
  braiding a person's hair, trimming hair extensions only as
  applicable to the braiding process, and attaching commercial hair
  by braiding and without the use of chemicals or adhesives.
         (b)  This chapter does not apply to a person who performs
  barbering or cosmetology as an inmate in the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice if the work is performed as part of a reentry
  program or under supervision acceptable to the department.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.