Mississippi Senate Bill 2521 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-158, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Inmate Welfare Fund Be A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide For The Management Of The Fund; To Revise The Composition Of The Inmate Welfare Fund Committee; To Require That The Inmate Welfare Fund Committee Adopt Rules And Regulations And Conduct Needs Assessments For Future Purchases From The Fund; To Establish A Process For The Selection Of A Third Party To Administer Inmate Canteen Services For The Department Of Corrections; To Require The Department To Submit A Request For Proposals For Such Administration; To Provide Evaluation Of Such Services By The Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review (peer) Under Certain Circumstances; And For Related Purposes.

Inmate Welfare Fund; revise administration of.

Sen. Sean Tindell [R]

2015-02-04 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-02-24	House	Referred To Corrections
2015-02-05	Senate	Transmitted To House
2015-02-04	Senate	Passed
2015-02-04	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2015-02-03	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2015-01-19	Senate	Referred To Corrections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2521.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2521IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2521CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2521PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/senate/0300044.pdf