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.