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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires correctional facilities to maintain temperatures between 65 and 85 degrees
Last action · July 21, 2025: FiledSponsor: Ron Reynolds
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to maintain facility temperatures between 65 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit starting September 1, 2026.
Establishes mandatory climate control standards for state correctional facilities, impacting operational procedures and energy requirements for the prison system.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Must maintain facility temperatures within the mandated 65 to 85 degree range starting September 1, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 21, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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