Mississippi House Bill 585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A Section To Provide That No Contract For Private Incarceration Shall Be Entered Into By The Department Of Corrections For The Private Incarceration Of State Offenders Unless The Department First Utilizes All Regional Correctional Facilities For The Housing Of Such Offenders; To Provide That Contracts May Only Be Entered Into By The Department For The Private Incarceration Of State Offenders Once An Eighty Percent Capacity Rate Has Been Reached For The Housing Of State Offenders In All Regional Correctional Facilities; To Amend Sections 47-4-1, 47-4-11, 47-5-941, 47-5-943, 47-5-1211 And 47-5-1213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Regional correctional facilities; require Department of Corrections to utilize for housing of state offenders before utilizing private facilities.

Rep. Cheikh Taylor [D]

Rep. Solomon Osborne [D]

Rep. Robert Sanders [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Corrections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
47	4	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	4	11	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	5	1211	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	5	1213	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	5	941	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	5	943	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0585.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0585IN.htm