Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2875
Department of Corrections; provide certain educational programs for adult offenders.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ADMINISTER THE ADULT BASIC EXAMINATION TO EACH ADULT OFFENDER WITHIN ITS CUSTODY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF SUCH OFFENDER FAILS THE EXAMINATION, HE OR SHE SHALL RECEIVE INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS REMEDIAL CLASSES UNTIL HE OR SHE PASSES THE EXAMINATION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-142, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT TO AWARD MERITORIOUS EARNED TIME TO AN OFFENDER WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE EXAMINATION; 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
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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsJan 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 Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Appropriations
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Corrections;AppropriationsSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate