l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 649

Department of Corrections; authorize to administer the "Halfway House Grant Program."

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "HALFWAY HOUSE GRANT PROGRAM ACT"; TO PROVIDE A FUND FOR THE PROGRAM IN THE STATE TREASURY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FUND SHALL BE UTILIZED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO OFFER SUPPORT TO THE INCARCERATED WHO ARE NEAR COMPLETION OF THEIR SENTENCES; TO REQUIRE THE FUND BE UTILIZED TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST SUCH OFFENDERS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FUND; 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

1 co-sponsor

Abe Hudson

Its course

January 18 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 18 – Feb 2

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