Tex. Gov't Code § 3002.054 · Subchapter B. DESIGNATION AND USE OF CERTAIN SPACES AND FACILITIES ACCORDING TO SEX
HOUSING OF INMATES ACCORDING TO SEX.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall ensure inmates are housed in a correctional facility, including a dormitory or cellblock of a correctional facility, according to the inmate's sex.
(b) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules ensuring this section is implemented in compliance with state and federal law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 20 (S.B. 8), Sec. 2, eff. December 4, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.3002.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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