l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 668

State Prison Reform and Rehabilitation Act of 2014; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE STATE PRISON REFORM AND REHABILITATION ACT OF 2014; TO REQUIRE STATE INMATES WHO ARE IN GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH TO BE HOUSED IN TENTS AND SERVED MEALS-READY-TO EAT (MRES); TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO DEVELOP A WORK PROGRAM WHERE 95% OF THE COMPENSATION FOR INMATE LABOR SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER THAT AN INMATE MAY BE SUBJECT TO; TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN OFFENDER IS OBLIGATED TO PAY A CHILD SUPPORT AND HE OR SHE IS A PARTICIPANT IN ANY WORK PROGRAM AND RECEIVES COMPENSATION FOR SUCH PARTICIPATION THEN THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF AN OFFENDER'S COMPENSATION BE ALLOCATED TO HIS OR HER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER TO UTILIZE INMATES IN EVERY SERVICE AREA OF THE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS AS FISCALLY INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF STATE OFFENDERS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-5, 47-5-132, 47-5-459, 47-5-901, 47-5-931, 47-5-938 AND 47-5-1251, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives