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  89R4675 BCH-F     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 181       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal   Justice to adopt a gender-responsive risk and needs assessment   instrument.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 501.0921(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The department shall adopt a standardized instrument to   assess, based on criminogenic factors, the risks and needs of each   offender within the adult criminal justice system.   The department   may adopt a gender-responsive version of the instrument to assess   offenders of a specific gender that takes into account factors that   particularly affect that gender.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.