Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 1438
Contracts for incarceration of state offenders in county facilities; remove authority to have 3% annual increase in contract price.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO INCLUDE, AS AN INFLATION INDICATOR, A THREE PERCENT ANNUAL INCREASE IN ITS CONTRACT PRICE FOR THE HOUSING OF STATE OFFENDERS IN COUNTY REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-945, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Corrections
- Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives