l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2606

Male death row inmates; may be housed at appropriate maximum security facility instead of State Penitentiary at Parchman.

Sent to the Governor on March 26, 2012, and did not become law. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL MALE DEATH ROW INMATES BE HOUSED AT THE STATE PENITENTIARY AT PARCHMAN, MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH INMATES MAY BE HOUSED AT AN APPROPRIATE MAXIMUM SECURITY 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 Senate

1 co-sponsor

Robert L. Jackson

Its course

February 20 to April 4, 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 action12 actions on 8 days

In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 817 days

CorrectionsFeb 20 to Mar 615 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 8 to Mar 2618 days

CorrectionsMar 13 to Mar 229 days

With the GovernorMar 26 to Apr 4 · stopped9 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 Senate Feb 20 – Mar 8

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 8 – Mar 26

  1. Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
  2. Sent to the House
  3. Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Passed the House

To the Governor Mar 27 – Apr 4

  1. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Buck (5th), Flaggs and Huddleston (30th))
  2. Reconsidered in the House
  3. Recommitted to committee in the House
  4. Died in committee in the House
All 12 actions, as published