l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1738

Dept. of Corrections; require to convene unexpected fatality review team for certain inmate deaths.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO CONVENE AN UNEXPECTED FATALITY REVIEW TEAM CONCERNING INMATE DEATHS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF AN UNEXPECTED FATALITY REVIEW IS TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND LEGISLATURE REGARDING CHANGES IN PRACTICES TO PREVENT CERTAIN FATALITIES PERTAINING TO INMATES; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER A REVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY A TEAM, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF A REVIEW; TO REQUIRE ALL UNEXPECTED FATALITY REVIEW REPORTS BE POSTED ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE, UPON THE COMPLETION OF A REVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE REVIEW TEAM AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN; TO AMEND SECTION 25-61-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-61-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PERTAINS TO CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACCT OF 1983, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives