Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2790
MS Prison Industries Corporation; may utilize county or municipal inmate labor under certain circumstances.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-555, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI PRISON INDUSTRIES CORPORATION TO UTILIZE MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY INMATE LABOR IF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT INMATE LABOR FOR PRISON INDUSTRY PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-539, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN DEFINITION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-1-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN EXCEPTION TO ALLOW THE HIRING OF CERTAIN PRISONS; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ANY COUNTY OR THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF ANY MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT INMATE LABOR TO THE CORPORATION 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Senate Feb 8 – Feb 23
- Feb 8Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Corrections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate