By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2201          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023;   May 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal   Justice; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to housing certain inmates in state jail felony   facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 507.006(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,   the state jail division, with the approval of the board, may   designate one or more state jail felony facilities [or discrete   areas within one or more state jail felony facilities] to treat   inmates who are eligible for confinement in a substance abuse   felony punishment facility under Section 493.009 or to house   inmates who are sentenced to imprisonment in the institutional   division, but only if the designation does not deny placement in a   state jail felony facility of defendants required to serve terms of   confinement in a facility following conviction of state jail   felonies.  The division may not house in a state jail felony   facility an inmate who:                (1)  has a history of or has shown a pattern of violent   or assaultive behavior in county jail or a facility operated by the   department; or                (2)  will increase the likelihood of harm to the public   if housed in the facility.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *