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2021 Regular Session

House Bill 557

Nonadjudication; authorize completion of workforce training or similar training as an option for.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Economic and Workforce Development Committee on March 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-15-26, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF WORKFORCE TRAINING AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER OR A SIMILAR TRAINING OR DIVERSION PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY A NONPROFIT OR OTHER ENTITY AS A CONDITION OF THE COURT'S AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD ACCEPTANCE OF A PERSON'S PLEA AND SENTENCE UNDER THE NONADJUDICATION PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 99-15-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF WORKFORCE TRAINING AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER AS A TERM OF THE PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO TRANSFER FROM THE BUDGET OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD THE SUM OF $2,000.00 FOR EACH PERSON WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES WORKFORCE TRAINING AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER AS A CONDITION OF THE COURT WITHHOLDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE PERSON'S PLEA AND SENTENCE UNDER SECTION 99-15-26 OR AS A TERM OF THE PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM UNDER SECTION 99-15-117, WHICH SHALL BE DISBURSED TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT WHICH THE PERSON RECEIVED THE WORKFORCE TRAINING OR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AFFILIATED WITH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT WHICH THE PERSON RECEIVED THE WORKFORCE TRAINING; 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

2 co-sponsors

Kabir Karriem, Otis Anthony

Its course

January 18 to March 2, 2021, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 417 days

CorrectionsJan 18 to Jan 279 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 2 · stopped26 days

CorrectionsFeb 18 to Mar 212 days

Economic and Workforce DevelopmentMar 2 to Mar 2 · stopped0 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 18 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 18Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 5Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 18Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Economic and Workforce Development
  3. Mar 2Reported as amended from CR to EC in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 18Referred To Corrections;Economic and Workforce DevelopmentSenate
  6. Mar 2DR - TSDPAA: CR To ECSenate
  7. Mar 2Died In CommitteeSenate