HB 5286
bill requiring rides home for parolees leaving residential facilities
Died in committee
Verdict: No flags
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
Caption
relating to the release of a person on parole or mandatory supervision from a residential correctional facility.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Summary
The state drives them back to where they lived before prison.
When a parolee or person on mandatory supervision finishes a required stay in a residential correctional facility, the state prison agency must drive or send them back to where they lived before prison, or to a transit point if they are approved to live out of state. If the agency fails to provide that ride, it must pay the county where the facility sits $30,000 per person for reintegration services, out of its parole funds. This touches the prison agency, people leaving halfway-house-type facilities, and the counties that host those facilities, which would no longer be left with released people who stay where the facility is.
Labels
Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 14, 2025 and referred to the House Corrections committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
Receipt
The receipt
89R-HB5286 · 2025-03-14
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ITEM
relating to the release of a person on parole or mandatory supervision from a residential correctional facility.
WHAT IT DOES
The state drives them back to where they lived before prison.
When a parolee or person on mandatory supervision finishes a required stay in a residential correctional facility, the state prison agency must drive or send them back to where they lived before prison, or to a transit point if they are approved to live out of state. If the agency fails to provide that ride, it must pay the county where the facility sits $30,000 per person for reintegration services, out of its parole funds. This touches the prison agency, people leaving halfway-house-type facilities, and the counties that host those facilities, which would no longer be left with released people who stay where the facility is.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
HISTORY
- Filed
- Read first time
- Referred to Corrections
FILED UNDER
No verified beat found.
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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY
CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY
Donors
Not tied to this bill.
Sources
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
DSCC$1,485,555.60
DSCC
$1,485,555.60
- Cash
- $0.00
- Paid by others
- $1,485,555.60
- Total
- $1,485,555.60
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
DGA Action$1,000,000.00
DGA Action
$1,000,000.00
- Cash
- $1,000,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $1,000,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
DSCC
$1,485,555.60
- Cash
- $0.00
- Paid by others
- $1,485,555.60
- Total
- $1,485,555.60
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
DGA Action
$1,000,000.00
- Cash
- $1,000,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $1,000,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
Votes
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
Fiscal
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
How this was graded
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Sources
Texas House · Filed Mar 14, 2025
04/07/2025 H Referred to Corrections: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Corrections · Final status: Died in committee
Subjects
Corrections--Parole, Probation & Pardons
MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS BOARD OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
Text
The text as introduced · 314 words
89R13547 BCH-D By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 5286 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the release of a person on parole or mandatory supervision from a residential correctional facility. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 508.158 to read as follows: Sec. 508.158. REQUIRED TRANSPORTATION OF RELEASEE FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF RESIDENCE IN RESIDENTIAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. (a) If a releasee is required to reside in a residential correctional facility, as defined by Section 508.157, as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision, on completion of the releasee's required residence in the facility, the department shall provide the releasee with transportation to: (1) the location of the releasee's residence prior to incarceration, if the residence is in this state; or (2) a transit point determined appropriate by the department, if the releasee's residence prior to incarceration is outside this state and the releasee is authorized by the pardons and paroles division to report to a location outside this state. (b) For the purpose of providing reintegration services to the releasee, the department shall make a payment in the amount of $30,000 to a county for each releasee who completes a required residence in a residential correctional facility in that county and who is not provided with transportation by the department as required by Subsection (a). (c) The department shall issue payment under Subsection (b) out of funds appropriated by the legislature to the department for use in administering the parole system. (d) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall adopt the rules required by Section 508.158, Government Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.