H.B. No. 3606         AN ACT   relating to the provision of vocational training to inmates   confined in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer   facility.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 499, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 499.156 to read as follows:          Sec. 499.156.  VOCATIONAL TRAINING. The department shall   adopt a policy under which a representative of a public or private   entity, including a public or private institution of higher   education, may provide vocational training on a voluntary basis to   inmates confined in a transfer facility authorized under this   subchapter.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall adopt   the policy required by Section 499.156, Government Code, as added   by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3606 was passed by the House on April   30, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 3606 was passed by the Senate on May   26, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor