Monitoring the SessionSB 2381
Died in committee
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
relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Three days, or 10 if someone got seriously hurt.
The bill caps how long the Texas prison system can keep an inmate in administrative segregation for misconduct at three days in a row. If the inmate's conduct caused serious bodily injury to another person, the cap is 10 days in a row. It applies to every inmate in a state-run or state-contracted prison starting September 1, 2025, no matter when their offense happened.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 812 by Rep. Meza (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 812 by Rep. Meza (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 12, 2025 and referred to the Senate Criminal Justice committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB2381 · 2025-03-12
relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Three days, or 10 if someone got seriously hurt.
The bill caps how long the Texas prison system can keep an inmate in administrative segregation for misconduct at three days in a row. If the inmate's conduct caused serious bodily injury to another person, the cap is 10 days in a row. It applies to every inmate in a state-run or state-contracted prison starting September 1, 2025, no matter when their offense happened.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 5, 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.
$25,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 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: 101065471.
$20,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 5, 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: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.
$10,000.00
Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 2, 2025. 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: 101032316.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$25,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 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: 101065471.
$20,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 5, 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: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.
$10,000.00
Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 2, 2025. 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: 101032316.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Meza, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Apr 24, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Mar 12, 2025
03/25/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee
HB 1409 by Meza (identical)
Corrections--Jails & Prisons
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
The text as introduced · 214 words
89R5161 JDK-D By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2381 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, 2025.