bill for a remote work pilot program for defendants

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90R3623 JDK-D

By: Lalani
H.B. No. 910

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to establishing a remote work pilot program for state jail

felony defendants.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 507, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 507.035 to read as follows:

Sec. 507.035. REMOTE WORK PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The

department shall establish and administer a pilot program to allow

defendants in state jail felony facilities to work or be employed

remotely in the private sector.

(b) The department shall determine the eligibility

requirements for:

(1) a defendant to participate in the pilot program,

including requiring:

(A) the completion of postsecondary education;

(B) a history of good behavior while confined in

a state jail felony facility; and

(C) the defendant to agree to maintain good

behavior as a condition of continuing to participate in the

program; and

(2) prospective employers.

(c) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer the

pilot program.

(d) Not later than December 1, 2028, the department shall

submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the

house of representatives, and each legislative standing committee

with primary jurisdiction over the department a report that

evaluates the effectiveness of the pilot program.

(e) This section expires September 1, 2029.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2027.