l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2442

"Prison-to-Paycheck Pipeline Pilot Program"; establish reentry program under supervision of third-party coordinator.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A "PRISON-TO-PAYCHECK PIPELINE PILOT PROGRAM" TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR 1,000 INMATES TO RE-ENTER THE GENERAL POPULATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A THIRD-PARTY COORDINATOR TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM UNDER CERTAIN GUIDELINES AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER THE THIRD-PARTY CONTRACT; TO AUTHORIZE COORDINATION WITH THE STATE PAROLE BOARD; TO ESTABLISH AN RFP REVIEW BOARD FOR THE PROGRAM; TO AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM THROUGH AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS BY THE PEER COMMITTEE AND THE COORDINATOR; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-579, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRISON INDUSTRIES PROGRAMS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE PILOT REENTRY PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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

February 16 to March 5, 2024, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateFeb 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 days

CorrectionsFeb 16 to Mar 114 days

AppropriationsMar 1 to Mar 5 · stopped4 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 Feb 16 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Appropriations
  2. Reported from CR to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published