Requiring correctional officers be paid overtime [SB-532]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to require that all correctional officers be paid overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 hours in each one-week work period.
SB-532: Requiring correctional officers be paid overtime
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert H. Plymale
Filed For Introduction on 03/07/2017
HB-865: Relating to establishing a veterans services coordinator for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a veterans reentry dorm program for certain state jail defendants confined by the department.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jose R. Rodriguez
Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/15/2017
You have voted HB-865: Relating to establishing a veterans services coordinator for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a veterans reentry dorm program for certain state jail defendants confined by the department..
You have voted SB-395: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of unmanned aircraft over correctional facility or critical infrastructure facility..
Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license [HB-2727]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to facilitate a released inmate’s reintegration into society, by requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles and Commissioner of Corrections, to provide an identification card for inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license.
HB-2727: Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Filed For Introduction on 02/28/2017
You have voted HB-638: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of unmanned aircraft over correctional facility or critical infrastructure facility..
HB-618: Relating to certain notices and information about certain releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that are provided to or made accessible to criminal justice agencies and to notification of an executive clemency recommendation by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Leach
Considered In Calendars on 04/27/2017
You have voted HB-618: Relating to certain notices and information about certain releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that are provided to or made accessible to criminal justice agencies and to notification of an executive clemency recommendation by the Board of Pardons and Paroles..
Relating to venue for civil and criminal actions at Salem Correctional Center [SB-439]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that because Salem Correctional Center lies in two counties, and the Courts of both Counties have expressed concern regarding venue, that venue shall lie in Harrison County for all actions.Â
SB-439: Relating to venue for civil and criminal actions at Salem Correctional Center
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles S. Trump
Introduced In House on 03/06/2017