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  89R15570 MCF-D     By: Collier H.B. No. 3841       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the investigation of the death of a prisoner in county   jail.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 511.021, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1), (d), and (e)   to read as follows:          (a)   Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the   commission is notified of a [ On the ] death of a prisoner in a county   jail, the commission shall appoint a law enforcement agency, other   than the local law enforcement agency that operates the county   jail, to investigate the death [ as soon as possible ]. Except as   [ otherwise ] provided by Subsection (b), the appointed law   enforcement agency shall conduct the investigation and shall begin   the investigation as soon as practicable after being appointed   under this subsection .           (b-1)     As soon as practicable after a law enforcement agency   is appointed by the commission under Subsection (a), the agency   shall notify the commission regarding whether the agency is   accepting the appointment or intends to present evidence to the   commission under Subsection (b).           (d)     The commission shall publish on the commission's   Internet website the following information for each death of a   prisoner in a county jail:                 (1)  the county where the death occurred;                 (2)  the date that the death occurred;                 (3)     the name of the law enforcement agency appointed   under Subsection (a) to investigate the death;                 (4)     the date on which the law enforcement agency was   appointed;                 (5)     if the commission determines there is a conflict   of interest with the appointed law enforcement agency:                       (A)     the name of the new law enforcement agency   appointed to investigate the death; and                       (B)     the date on which the new law enforcement   agency was appointed; and                 (6)  whether the investigation is pending or completed.           (e)  The information described by Subsection (d) must:                 (1)  be updated monthly; and                 (2)     remain published on the Internet website until at   least the second anniversary of the date of the prisoner's death.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.