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      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.