l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2521

Inmate Welfare Fund; revise administration of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on March 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-158, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT THE INMATE WELFARE FUND BE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND; TO REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF THE INMATE WELFARE FUND COMMITTEE; TO REQUIRE THAT THE INMATE WELFARE FUND COMMITTEE ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS AND CONDUCT NEEDS ASSESSMENTS FOR FUTURE PURCHASES FROM THE FUND; TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR THE SELECTION OF A THIRD PARTY TO ADMINISTER INMATE CANTEEN SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SUCH ADMINISTRATION; TO PROVIDE EVALUATION OF SUCH SERVICES BY THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW (PEER) UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; 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

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2015, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 416 days

CorrectionsJan 19 to Feb 315 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

CorrectionsFeb 24 to Mar 3 · stopped7 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 Jan 19 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published