81st Legislative Session
See final policy results here!
 
The links below provide information (fact sheets, policy analysis, supporting documents, etc.) on a wide range of policies that, if enacted, will have a positive impact on the juvenile and criminal justice systems.   
□  Address Abuse of Youth in TYC
□  Improve Information Sharing in the Juvenile System
□  Fairness in School Discipline
□  Address Prevention and Diversion for At-Risk Youth
□  Ensure that Foster Youth have Adequate Protections While in TYC Custody
□  Improve Education and Access to Mental Health Services for Youth in TYC
□  Improve Defense Procedures for Youth Facing Certification as Adults
□  Address Juvenile Life Without Parole
□  Increase Opportunities for Youth Who Have Proven Themselves to Have Their Juvenile Records Sealed
□  Strengthen Juvenile Case Managers in Municipal Courts
□  Ensure Access to Health Care for Juveniles Exiting Secure Confinement
□  Improve Juvenile Court Processes
□  Strengthen Data Collection on Probation Services 
 
□  Implement Fair Sentencing Terms
□  Improve Procedures for Pretrial Hearings, Discovery, & the Overall Court Process
□  Strengthen the Public Defender's Office & Lower Financial Hardships
□  Ensure Innocent Individuals Are Not Sent to Prison
 
□  Fight Drug Addiction & Address Mental Illness
□  Reduce Prison Overcrowding & Improve Parole Guidelines
 
□  Improve Jail & Prison Conditions
□  Increase the Efficiency of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice & Their Programs
□  Increase Accountability, Ensure Effective Policing, & Maintain Integrity Within the Criminal Justice System
□  Address Victims’ Needs 
 
□  Restore Eligibility for Certain Licenses & Government Programs
□  Allow Certain Individuals to Begin on a New Path
□  Improve the Re-Entry Process for Individuals Exiting TDCJ
□  General Appropriations for Juvenile Justice – Funding for TYC & TJPC
□  General Appropriations for Criminal Justice – Funding for TDCJ
 
□  Texas Commission on Jail Standards
□  Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
□  Texas Youth Commission 
□ Address Abuse of Youth in TYC
 
HB 3316 by McClendon         SCR 1 by Ellis
 
□ Improve Information Sharing in the Juvenile System
 
CSHB 1351 by Vaught          CSSB 58 by Zaffirini            SB 1286 by West
 
□ Fairness in School Discipline
 
CSHB 172 by Olivo                HB 615 by Turner               HB 1050 by Madden   
HB 349 by Strama                HB 901 by Dutton                CSSB 33 by Zaffirini
CSHB 466 by Paxton             HB 935 by Dutton                SB 38 by Zaffirini  
CSHB 552 by Madden            HB 1020 by Deshotel           SB 453 by West, R.
                                       
□  Address Prevention and Diversion for At-Risk Youth
 
HB 289 by Dutton             HB 1025 by Edwards               SB 1197 by Van de Putte
HB 620 by Davis, J.          HB 1232 by Menendez
 
□  Ensure that Foster Youth have Adequate Protections While in TYC Custody
 
CSHB 1629 by Naishtat
 
□  Improve Education and Access to Mental Health Services for Youth in TYC
 
CSHB 4451 by McReynolds     SB 1362 by Shapiro
 
□  Improve Defense Procedures for Youth Facing Certification as Adults
 
SB 518 by Harris
 
□  Address Juvenile Life Without Parole
 
   CSSB 839 by Hinojosa
 
□  Increase Opportunities for Youth Who Have Proven Themselves to Have Their Juvenile Records Sealed
 
CSHB 2386 by Castro         SB 2106 by Uresti              CSSB 2224 by West
 
□  Strengthen Juvenile Case Managers in Municipal Courts
 
HB 1349 by Vaught            CSSB 54 by Zaffirini          
 
□  Ensure Access to Health Care for Juveniles Exiting Secure Confinement
 
HB 1630 by Naishtat          SB 2031 by Watson
 
□  Improve Juvenile Court Processes
 
HB 1688 by Castro            
 
□  Strengthen Data Collection on Probation Services  
 
CSSB 1374 by West
  
□ Implement Fair Sentencing Terms
 
CSHB 111 by Pena              HB 1199 by Turner          HB 4580 by Turner
 
□ Improve Procedures for Pretrial Hearings, Discovery, & the Overall Court Process
 
HB 195 by Alonzo               HB 3583 by Gallego        SB 125 by Ellis              
HB 196 by Alonzo               HB 4090 by Farrar          SB 165 by Ellis    
HB 295 by Dutton               CSSB 116 by Ellis            SB 260 by Ellis              
HB 3078 by Deshotel          CSSB 117 by Ellis            CSSB 1681 by Hinojosa
 
□ Strengthen the Public Defender's Office & Lower Financial Hardships
 
HB 2058 by Gallego            SB 498 by Wentworth      SB 1130 by Seliger 
HB 3056 by Turner             SB 625 by Wentworth      CSSB 1710 by Duncan
HB 3580 by Gallego            CSSB 1091 by Ellis          SB 2162 by Ellis         
 
□ Ensure Innocent Individuals Are Not Sent to Prison
 
CSHB 498 by McClendon      CSHB 1736 by Anchia     SB 115 by Ellis 
HB 788 by Thompson          HB 3584 by Gallego        CSSB 2014 by Duncan           
 
□ Fight Drug Addiction & Address Mental Illness
 
HB 579 by Gutierrez           HB 1906 by Guillen           CSSB 796 by Hinojosa 
CSHB 666 by Gutierrez       HB 3595 by McReynolds    SB 1198 by Van de Putte
HB 1048 by Madden           SB 32 by Zaffirini              SB 1323 by Whitmire 
CSHB 1118 by Madden       CSSB 112 by Ellis              SB 1557 by Duncan     
CSHB 1233 by Menendez    CSSB 1118 by Ellis           
HB 1708 by Martinez          SB 633 by Seliger             
 
□ Reduce Prison Overcrowding & Improve Parole Guidelines
 
HB 93 by Hodge                HB 1899 by Turner                SB 166 by Ellis
HB 94 by Hodge                CSHB 1958 by Edwards         CSSB 1206 by Hinojosa
HB 1149 by Thompson       HB 2100 by Martinez Fischer  SB 2276 by Ellis 
 
□ Increase the Efficiency of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice & Their Programs
 
HB 2289 by Madden         HB 3598 by Martinez           HB 3649 by Marquez
HB 3439 by England 
 
□ Increase Accountability, Ensure Effective Policing, & Maintain Integrity Within the Criminal Justice System
 
HB 384 by Berman           HB 3563 by Coleman          CSSB 388 by Carona 
HB 789 by Thompson        HB 3903 by Ortiz               CSSB 1120 by West
HB 917 by Dutton             HB 4143 by Gallego            SB 1680 by Hinojosa
HB 930 by Dutton             SB 164 by Ellis                   SB 1909 by Hinojosa          
 

      □ Address Victims’ Needs

 

      HB 2139 by McClendon

 
□ Restore Eligibility for Certain Licenses & Government Programs
 
CSHB 70 by Guillen           HB 963 by Guillen            SB 141 by Ellis
HB 292 by Dutton             HB 1641 by Burnam         SB 224 by West
CSHB 612 by Naishtat       HB 2808 by Thompson     SB 809 by Whitmire
 
□ Allow Certain Individuals to Begin on a New Path

 

   HB 293 by Dutton              HB 3481 by Veasey        CSSB 1454 by West

   HB 945 by Dutton              HB 4135 by Turner         CSSB 2075 by Hinojosa

   CSHB 2213 by Farrar         SB 223 by West              CSSJR 11 by West

   HB 2596 by Thompson       CSSB 920 by Harris       

 

□ Improve the Re-Entry Process for Individuals Exiting TDCJ 

   HB 2162 by Turner            CSSB 1783 by Carona      CSSB 2280 by Ellis