89R13967 BCH-D
By: Cook S.B. No. 2263
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain duties regarding county jail prisoners confined
in out-of-state correctional facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 49.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) If a prisoner of a county in this state dies while
confined in an out-of-state penal institution, the justice of the
peace of the precinct where the county jail is located shall conduct
an inquiry into the death and file a written report with the
attorney general not later than the 30th day after the date on which
the prisoner died. The justice of the peace shall make a good faith
effort to obtain all facts relevant to the death and include those
facts in the report.
SECTION 2. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 511.01055 to read as follows:
Sec. 511.01055. REPORTS REGARDING PRISONERS CONFINED IN
OUT-OF-STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. (a) Not later than February
1 of each year, each county jail shall submit to the commission a
report regarding the confinement of prisoners in out-of-state
correctional facilities during the preceding calendar year. The
report must include:
(1) the total number of prisoners confined in
out-of-state correctional facilities;
(2) the total number of prisoners who died while
confined in out-of-state correctional facilities; and
(3) the total number of prisoners who escaped or
attempted to escape while confined in out-of-state correctional
facilities.
(b) The commission shall prescribe a form for the report
required by Subsection (a).
(c) Not later than March 1 of each year, the commission
shall submit a report summarizing the information submitted under
Subsection (a) for the preceding calendar year to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
and each standing committee of the legislature with primary
jurisdiction over the commission.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.