Mississippi Senate Bill 2444

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 47-5-539 And 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Expand The Pilot Work Initiative Under The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation At Central Mississippi Correctional Facility To Any State, Regional And Private Correctional Facility In The State Of Mississippi Which House Inmates Under The Jurisdiction Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Prescribe Certain Conditions For The Operation Of The Mississippi Prison Industries Program; To Earmark Payments From The Inmate's Work Release Account For Authorized Purposes; To Delete The Automatic Repealer On The Prison Industries Program; And For Related Purposes.

Central Mississippi Pilot Prison Industries program; expand to all state, regional and private correctional facilities.

Sen. Juan Barnett [D]

2024-03-06 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-02	House	Died In Committee
2024-03-27	House	DR - TSDPAA: CN To AP
2024-03-18	House	Referred To Corrections;Appropriations A
2024-03-07	Senate	Transmitted To House
2024-03-06	Senate	Passed
2024-02-22	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2024-02-16	Senate	Referred To Corrections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
47	5	539	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	5	579	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2444.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2444IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2444PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/senate/0650019.pdf