l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 564

Mississippi Prison Education Reform Act of 2022; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI PRISON EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 2022; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN EDUCATIONAL CLASSES FOR INMATES; TO PROVIDE THE CLASSES THAT MUST BE OFFERED; TO CREATE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS THE CORRECTIONAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EACH MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ENTER INTO INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS IN ORDER TO PLAN AND DEVELOP PRISON-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THE DUTIES OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE THE DUTIES OF THE CORRECTIONAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE; TO REQUIRE THE COMMITTEE TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY 1, 2024; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-26, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION POSITION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; 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

January 13 to February 1, 2022, 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 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 days

CorrectionsJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 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 13 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 13Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives