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2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2280

Mississippi correctional system; establish Department of Reentry and Supervision and Office of Corrections Ombudsman.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO ESTABLISH A MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF REENTRY AND SUPERVISION AND PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES; TO ESTABLISH THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF REENTRY AND SUPERVISION WHO SHALL BE THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT; TO TRANSFER THE FUNCTIONS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF REENTRY AND SUPERVISION; TO PROVIDE FOR A TRANSITION PLAN AND PEER REVIEW; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-8, 47-5-10, 47-5-20, 47-5-24, 47-5-26, 47-5-28, 47-5-110, 47-5-138, 47-5-601, 47-5-603, 47-5-605, 47-5-1001, 47-5-1003, 47-5-1005, 47-5-1007, 47-5-1009, 47-5-1011, 47-5-1013, 47-5-1014, 47-7-2, 47-7-3, 47-7-3.1, 47-7-3.2, 47-7-4, 47-7-5, 47-7-6, 47-7-9, 47-7-13, 47-7-17, 47-7-18, 47-7-19, 47-7-21, 47-7-23, 47-7-25, 47-7-27, 47-7-29, 47-7-33, 47-7-33.1, 47-7-34, 47-7-35, 47-7-36, 47-7-37, 47-7-37.1, 47-7-38, 47-7-38.1, 47-7-39, 47-7-40, 47-7-41, 47-7-43, 47-7-47 AND 41-7-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO CODIFY SECTION 47-5-36, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OMBUDSMAN AND PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES; TO PROVIDE FOR A CORRECTIONS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE INSPECTION AUTHORITY FOR THE OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN; TO PROVIDE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT; TO CODIFY SECTION 47-5-36.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR AN INMATE AND FAMILY ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT SERVICES ONLINE FORM AS A FUNCTION OF THE OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN OFFENDER SUPERVISION FEES SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE GENERAL 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 Senate

Its course

January 12 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 SenateJan 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 days

CorrectionsJan 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 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 Senate Jan 12 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 12Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To Corrections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate