Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 368
Mississippi Prison Industries; require to pay inmates federal minimum wage for inmate labor.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-555, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI PRISON INDUSTRIES TO PAY WAGES AT THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE RATE TO INMATES WHO ARE USED FOR LABOR; 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
3 co-sponsors
Its course
January 31 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 RepresentativesJan 31 to Mar 3 · stopped32 days
CorrectionsJan 31 to Mar 3 · stopped32 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 31 – Mar 3
- Jan 31Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Appropriations
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 31Referred To Corrections;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives