By: Miles S.B. No. 2289
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports regarding county jail prisoners confined in
out-of-state jails.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 JAILS. (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 jails during the
preceding calendar year due to overcrowding in the county jail. The
report must include:
(1) the total number of prisoners confined in
out-of-state jails; and
(2) the total number of prisoners who died while
confined in out-of-state jails.
(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 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.