l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 659

Department of Corrections; require to develop pilot programs to ban smoking in state correctional facilities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO CONDUCT ONE OR MORE PILOT PROGRAMS BANNING SMOKING AT STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE PILOT PROGRAMS SHALL BE VOLUNTEERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL PAY THE EXPENSES FOR ADMINISTERING SUCH PROGRAMS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT TO THE LEGISLATIVE CORRECTION COMMITTEES ON THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 14 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 days

CorrectionsJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 14 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 14Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives