l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1475

Sheriffs who house state offenders; authorize to establish work program with Dept. of Transportation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations C Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFFS OF COUNTY REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND COUNTY JAILS THAT HOUSE STATE INMATES, TO ESTABLISH A WORK PROGRAM WITH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHERE INMATES WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PAY A DAILY PER DIEM OF $34.00 TO THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE INMATES THAT WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE FROM $32.71 TO $34.00 THE CONTRACT RATE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MAY PAY REGIONALS FOR THE HOUSING OF STATE INMATES; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND ALL COUNTY JAILS THAT HOUSE STATE OFFENDERS SHALL RECEIVE A DAILY PER DIEM OF $34.00 PER DAY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-901 AND 47-5-909, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 65-1-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENTER INTO A CERTAIN AGREEMENT WITH SHERIFFS FOR A CERTAIN WORK PROGRAM THAT UTILIZES STATE INMATES; 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

1 co-sponsor

Fabian Nelson

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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 20 to Jan 299 days

Appropriations CJan 29 to Feb 4 · stopped6 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

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Appropriations C
  2. Jan 29Reported as a committee substitute from CN to A2 in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Corrections;Appropriations CHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 29DR - TSDPCS: CN To A2House of Representatives
  3. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives