** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Corrections 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 

PLACE:       E1.014 
CHAIR:       Rep. Sam Harless 

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Public testimony may be limited to (2) minutes per witness.

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HB 1515        Canales                                               
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, and the Windham School District.

HB 1828        Orr | et al.                                          
Relating to legislative leave for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 2306        Villalobos                                            
Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals.

HB 2498        Leach                                                 
Relating to the consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's eligibility for an occupational license.

HB 3464        Meza                                                  
Relating to the offense of providing a controlled substance to a person in the custody of a correctional facility; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 3488        DeAyala                                               
Relating to representation for an indigent person subject to a civil commitment proceeding.

HB 3636        Metcalf                                               
Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision.

HB 3673        Cook | et al.                                         
Relating to the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.

HB 3834        Moody                                                 
Relating to the provision of services by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to offenders with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

HB 3860        Allen                                                 
Relating to the eligibility of an inmate for certain occupational licenses and the practice of certain occupations by an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 4120        Howard                                                
Relating to allowing certain inmates to apply for benefits under certain public benefits programs to be provided at the time of discharge or release.

HB 4937        Harless                                               
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c200

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Bills added after last posting:

HB 1515

Bills deleted after last posting:

HB 153

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of this notice.

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