House Bill 1478

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE PRISON TO PAYCHECK ACT OF 2025; TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFFS OF REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO ESTABLISH A WORK RELEASE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INMATES FOR SUCH PROGRAM AND TO REQUIRE PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS TO PAY NO LESS THAN THE PREVAILING WAGE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH FACILITIES SHALL RECEIVE A CERTAIN DAILY PER DIEM UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO ESTABLISH A WORK PROGRAM AT THE DELTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; TO PROVIDE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INMATES FOR SUCH PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY STATE INMATE WHO IS HOUSED IN A COUNTY REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR COUNTY JAIL SHALL RECEIVE A CERTAIN DAILY PER DIEM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-901 AND 47-5-905, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO AUTHORIZE ANY SHERIFF OF A COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WHERE STATE INMATES ARE HOUSED, AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH A WORK PROGRAM THAT UTILIZES SUCH STATE INMATES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE STATE INMATES TO THE WORK SITE AND THAT THE SHERIFF SHALL PROVIDE SECURITY; TO PROVIDE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE INMATES FOR SUCH PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL RECEIVE A CERTAIN DAILY PER DIEM FOR THE INMATES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-933 AND 65-1-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the House of Representatives

• Becky Currie

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In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

1. Jan 20Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Appropriations A
2. Jan 29Reported as a committee substitute from CN to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
3. Feb 4Died in committee in the House