SB 2289
AN ACT relating to reports regarding county jail prisoners confined in
Senate Bill • Miles
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
relating to reports regarding county jail prisoners confined in
Bill Text
relating to reports regarding county jail prisoners confined in 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 (1) the total number of prisoners confined in (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 (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.
Bill History
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