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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1139

County jails that house state inmates; remove condition that jails be an approved county jail for housing state inmates under federal court order.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 27, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-903, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE CONDITION THAT IN ORDER FOR A STATE OFFENDER TO SERVE HIS OR HER SENTENCE IN A COUNTY JAIL, SUCH JAIL MUST BE AN APPROVED COUNTY JAIL FOR HOUSING STATE INMATES UNDER FEDERAL COURT ORDER; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-901, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM 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

Its course

January 15 to February 27, 2018, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 117 days

CorrectionsJan 15 to Jan 3015 days

In the SenateFeb 1 to Feb 27 · stopped26 days

CorrectionsFeb 12 to Feb 27 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 15 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 1Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 2 – Feb 27

  1. Feb 2Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 12Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
  3. Feb 27Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 1PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 2Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Referred To CorrectionsSenate
  6. Feb 27Died In CommitteeSenate