l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 931

Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation; dissolve and create Division of Reentry and Prison Industry within MDOC.

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 DISSOLVE THE MISSISSIPPI PRISON INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; TO CREATE A DIVISION OF REENTRY AND PRISON INDUSTRY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO HIRE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO SHALL BE THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR THE DIVISION; TO RECONSTITUTE THE MISSISSIPPI PRISON INDUSTRIES CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE DIVISION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-541, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2022, THE BOARD SHALL HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACTS FOR THE SALE OF GOODS OR SERVICES AND THE BOARD SHALL INCUR NO DEBT AS OF THAT DATE; TO PROVIDE THAT BY OCTOBER 1, 2022, CERTAIN CONTRACTS SHALL BE SATISFIED BY THE BOARD; TO PROVIDE THAT ASSETS OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON DECEMBER 31, 2022, FOR USE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S REENTRY PROGRAMS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 47-5-531 THROUGH 47-5-539 AND SECTIONS 47-5-543 THROUGH 47-5-575, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PERTAIN TO THE MISSISSIPPI PRISON INDUSTRIES ACT OF 1990; 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 17 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives