Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 831
Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer on.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REENACT SECTIONS 47-5-701 THROUGH 47-5-729, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATE THE "PRISON OVERCROWDING EMERGENCY POWERS ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-731, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL ON THOSE REENACTED SECTIONS FROM JULY 1, 2012, TO JULY 1, 2015; 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
February 20 to April 3, 2012, 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 action6 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 817 days
CorrectionsFeb 20 to Feb 277 days
In the SenateMar 8 to Apr 3 · stopped26 days
CorrectionsMar 15 to Apr 3 · 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 Feb 20 – Mar 8
- Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Corrections
- Feb 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 8Passed the House
In the Senate Mar 9 – Apr 3
- Mar 9Sent to the Senate
- Mar 15Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
- Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 27Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
- Mar 8PassedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- Mar 15Referred To CorrectionsSenate
- Apr 3Died In CommitteeSenate