l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1100

Corrections State Grand Jury Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE CORRECTIONS STATE GRAND JURY ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT A CORRECTIONS STATE GRAND JURY SHALL HAVE THE SOLE PURPOSE OF INSPECTING STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THE IMPANELING PROCESS FOR A CORRECTIONS STATE GRAND JURY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, SHALL SERVE AS THE CORRECTIONS STATE GRAND JURY'S LEGAL ADVISOR; TO PROVIDE THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE CORRECTIONS STATE GRAND JURY; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN APPOINTMENT OF THE FOREMAN AND DEPUTY FOREMAN OF THE JURY; TO REQUIRE THAT PROCEEDINGS OF THE JURY SHALL BE RECORDED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FOREMAN SHALL ADMINISTER AN OATH IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY LAW FOR ANY WITNESSES WHO TESTIFY BEFORE THE JURY; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS OF A CORRECTIONS STATE GRAND JURY, SUCH JURY SHALL SUBMIT OF A REPORT PERTAINING TO ITS FINDINGS REGARDING THE CONDITIONS OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS WELL AS ANY POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS AT A CORRECTION FACILITY; 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

February 17 to March 3, 2020, 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 RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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 Feb 17 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Appropriations
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published