Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Municipalities Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 1442
Contracts for municipal prisoners housed in county jails; require municipalities to pay certain costs for prisoners until indictment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-1-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES FOR THE HOUSING OF MUNICIPAL PRISONERS IN COUNTY JAILS MUST REQUIRE THAT UNTIL A PRISONER IS INDICTED, THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARE OF THE PRISONER SHALL BE PAID BY THE MUNICIPALITY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-1-57 AND 47-1-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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
January 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
MunicipalitiesJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the House committees on Municipalities and on Corrections
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Municipalities;CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives