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  89R5161 JDK-D     By: Meza H.B. No. 1409       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by   the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 501, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 501.115 to read as follows:           Sec.   501.115.     LIMITATION ON USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE   SEGREGATION. (a) In this section, "serious bodily injury" has the   meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.             (b)     Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department may   not confine an inmate in administrative segregation for more than   three consecutive days based on misconduct by the inmate.           (c)     The department may confine an inmate in administrative   segregation for not more than 10 consecutive days for engaging in   conduct that resulted in serious bodily injury to another person.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to any   inmate who is confined in a facility operated by or under contract   with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on or after the   effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for   which the inmate is confined occurred before, on, or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.