l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 1422

"Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act"; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "DIGNITY FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS AS USED UNDER THE ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN AN INCARCERATED INMATE IS GIVING BIRTH, THE USE OF RESTRAINTS SHALL BE LIMITED; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN CARE AND TREATMENT FOR WOMEN RELATED TO PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN CARE DURING INMATE POSTPARTUM RECOVERY; TO URGE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PLACE MOTHERS WHO ARE PARENTS OF A MINOR CHILD WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE MOTHER'S PERMANENT ADDRESS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN STANDARDS WHERE A FEMALE IS IN THE STATE OF UNDRESS; TO PROVIDE THAT INCARCERATED WOMEN SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND TO PROVIDE SUCH PRODUCTS AT NO COST IF AN INMATE IS DETERMINED TO BE INDIGENT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE TO ITS CORRECTION STAFF TRAINING RELATED TO THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PREGNANT INMATES IF SUCH STAFF HAVE CONTACT WITH PREGNANT INMATES; 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 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 21 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives