l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1141

Use of mace in private correctional facilities; require Commissioner of Department of Corrections to monitor and report.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-1119, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR AND REPORT THE NUMBER OF INSTANCES THAT MACE IS USED AGAINST INCARCERATED OFFENDERS WITHIN A PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; 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

1 co-sponsor

John W. Hines, Sr.

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published