Bill Text: TX HB2229 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a report of information concerning juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in foster care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB2229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2229-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2229 |
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relating to a report of information concerning juvenile offenders | ||
committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in | ||
foster care. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 243.008(e), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) Not later than January 31 of each even-numbered year, | ||
the department shall submit a report to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature [ |
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department shall also make the report available to the public on the | ||
department's Internet website. The report must summarize | ||
statistical information concerning the total number and percentage | ||
of children in the custody of the department during the preceding | ||
two years who have at any time been in foster care. Data in the | ||
report must be disaggregated by: | ||
(1) age; | ||
(2) sex; | ||
(3) race or ethnicity; | ||
(4) the conduct for which children were committed to | ||
the department; and | ||
(5) children entering the juvenile justice system for | ||
the first time. | ||
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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2229 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2229 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |