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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2204

Certain restitution centers; transition to post-release reentry centers.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO END THE USE OF THE GREENWOOD RESTITUTION CENTER, THE HINDS COUNTY RESTITUTION CENTER AND THE PASCAGOULA RESTITUTION CENTER AND CONVERT SAID FACILITIES TO POST-RELEASE REENTRY CENTERS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO OPERATE SAID FACILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO OUTLINE THE DUTIES AND COMPENSATION FOR SHERIFFS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 45-33-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THE TIME FRAME FOR REGISTRATION OF OFFENDERS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 45-33-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A CENTRAL REGISTRY OF OFFENDERS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-5-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH OUTLINES DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-5-26, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH OUTLINES SUBORDINATE PERSONNEL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-5-110, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ASSIGNS THE PRE-RELEASE PROGRAM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-5-194, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE CASHLESS SYSTEM AND PROHIBITS FINANCIAL ITEMS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-5-1207, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-7-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR PROBATION VIOLATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR BAIL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO REPEAL SECTION 99-37-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESTITUTION CENTERS; TO REPEAL SECTION 99-37-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE COOPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT RESTITUTION CENTERS; 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

January 14 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 SenateJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 days

CorrectionsJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 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 Jan 14 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 14Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Corrections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate