You Are Invited to House Bill 569 - "How Bonton Farms Changed Texas Law" Community Awareness Discussion

House Bill 569: How Bonton Farms Changed Texas Law

A Community Awareness Discussion

Join us for a powerful community conversation on how the lived experience of one South Dallas resident became the foundation for statewide reform. The Bonton Farms Act (Texas HB 569) passed the Texas House 148 to 1 and the Senate 30 to 0, requiring judges to credit $150 per day of incarceration toward outstanding Class C misdemeanor fines and warrants for Texans confined after committing the offense. It closes a debt trap that has kept people newly home from prison from getting a license, a job, or housing, simply because no one was required to tell them the debt existed. This law was born in Bonton. Community Advocate Daris Lee's story, and the testimony of South Dallas residents, carried it from a neighborhood engineered to be cut off from opportunity all the way to Austin.

Hear directly from the people who made it happen:
-Scott Sanford, Minister and former Texas State Representative
-Senator Royce West: District 23
-Daron Babcock, Founder and Board Member, Bonton Farms
-Daris Lee, Community Advocate and the story behind HB 569
-Mark Jones, President and CEO, Bonton Farms

Moderated by Melissa Metoyer, Senior Director of Health Equity and Community Impact, Bonton Farms.

Wednesday, September 17 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
6407 Carlton Garrett St, Dallas, TX 75215

This event is free and open to the community. Know your rights. Share what you learn with anyone coming home.
Bonton Farms: We transform lives by disrupting systems of inequity, laying a foundation where change yields health, wholeness, and opportunity as the norm.