Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 658
Smoking by inmates; prohibit.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY COUNTY PRISONERS WHILE SUCH PRISONERS ARE INCARCERATED; TO AMEND SECTION 47-1-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY MUNICIPAL PRISONERS WHILE SUCH PRISONERS ARE INCARCERATED; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY ANY PERSON WHO IS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 13 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 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 days
CorrectionsJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 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 13 – Feb 1
- Jan 13Referred to the House committee on Corrections
- Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 13Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives