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SB3038 - Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Scott DeLano
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Mississippi Board Of Animal Health For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Board For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3039 - Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Scott DeLano
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Support And Maintenance Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SR34 - Celebrate the legacy and memory of former Public Service Commissioner-Southern District Samuel F. (Sam) Britton.
Chris Johnson, Juan Barnett, Jason Barrett
Last updated 8 months ago
54 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Celebrating The Legacy And Memory Of Former Public Service Commissioner-southern District Samuel F. (sam) Britton And Extending The Sympathy Of The Mississippi Senate To His Surviving Family.
STATUS
Passed
SB2353 - State Penitentiary at Parchman; phasedown operation over four-year period.
Juan Barnett
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Phasedown The Operation Of The State Penitentiary At Parchman In Sunflower And Quitman Counties Over A Four-year Period And Transfer Its Inmates, Employees And Programs To Other State And Regional Facilities Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Authorize And Direct The Commissioner Of Corrections To Develop And Submit To The Legislature A Plan To Implement This Phasedown Under Certain Conditions And To Promulgate Regulations Necessary To Implement The Plan; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Hold The Land At Parchman In Trust And To Lease The Grounds And Buildings For Agricultural, Industrial, Commercial, Residential Recreational Or Other Uses For A Ground Rental Under Certain Conditions; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Designate An Existing Building At Parchman For The Delivery Of Mental Health Services To Inmates With Mental Illness Incarcerated In Any State Or Regional Correctional Facility To Be Known As The "northwest Mississippi Facility For The Treatment And Care Of Inmates With Mental Illness," And To Prescribe Standards For The Operation Of Said Mental Health Treatment Facility; To Provide That Any Buildings Or Other Facilities Remaining At Parchman Shall Be Renamed "northwest Mississippi Correctional Facility"; To Amend Sections 47-4-1, 47-5-3, 47-5-5, 47-5-6, 47-5-10, 47-5-20, 47-5-28, 47-5-30, 47-5-64 And 47-5-66, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Correctional Infrastructure And Inmate Housing Fund And In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 47-5-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Correctional Auditor; To Amend Sections 47-5-539 And 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Expand The Pilot Work Initiative Under The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation At Central Mississippi Correctional Facility To Any State, Regional And Private Correctional Facility In The State Of Mississippi Which House Inmates Under The Jurisdiction Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Prescribe Certain Conditions For The Operation Of The Mississippi Prison Industries Program; To Delete The Automatic Repealer On The Prison Industries Program; To Delete The Automatic Repealer On The Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act Of 2021; To Bring Forward Section 1 Of Chapter 479, Laws Of 2021; To Amend Sections 47-7-3 And 47-7-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, And Bring Forward Sections 47-7-3.1, 47-7-3.2, 47-7-15, 47-7-17 And 47-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Amend Sections 47-5-473, 47-5-577, 47-5-911 And 47-5-1251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Automatic Repealers On The Correctional System Pilot Work Release Program, The Correctional System Mississippi Prison Industries Act Of 1990, The Correctional System Prison Industries Pilot Work Initiative At Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, The Correctional System Provisions For State Offenders Serving Sentences In County Jails, The Correctional System Prison Industry Enhancement Program And The Correctional System Probation And Parole Law; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SR72 - Commend Shuqualak Rodeo Competitor Roveskey "Fatty" Hickman for fame on the national TV show Ultimate Cowboy Showdown: All Stars.
Rod Hickman, Juan Barnett, Jason Barrett
Last updated 7 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Commending And Congratulating Professional Rodeo Competitor Roveskey "fatty" Hickman From Shuqualak, Mississippi, For His Success And Fame In Representing Mississippi On The Second Season Of The National Tv Show Ultimate Cowboy Showdown: All-stars.
STATUS
Passed
SC540 - Recognize legacy of Rosie S. Simmons as the first African American since Reconstruction to serve as Bolivar County Circuit Clerk.
Willie Simmons, Sarita M. Simmons, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Recognizing The Legacy Of Rosie S. Simmons As The First African American Since Reconstruction To Serve As Circuit Clerk Of Bolivar County, Mississippi.
STATUS
Passed
SB2445 - Correctional system programs; extend repealers.
Juan Barnett
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 47-5-473, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On The Mississippi Correctional Facility Pilot Work Release Program And Include Hinds County; To Amend Section 47-5-577, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On The Mississippi Prison Industries Act Of 1990 From July 1, 2024, To July 1, 2027, And To Transfer The Repealer In Section 47-5-579 To Section 47-5-577; To Amend Sections 47-5-579 And 47-5-539, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Administrative Percentages And The Inmate Savings Percentages Under The Mdoc Work Release Program And To Expand The Pilot Work Initiative To Any State, Regional Or Private Correctional Facility, Under Certain Conditions; To Bring Forward Sections 47-5-531, 47-5-533, 47-5-535, 47-5-537, 47-5-543, 47-5-545, 47-5-547, 47-5-549, 47-5-551, 47-5-553, 47-5-555, 47-5-557, 47-5-561, 47-5-563, 47-5-565, 47-5-567, 47-5-569, 47-5-571, 47-5-573 And 47-5-575, Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Amend Sections 47-5-541, 47-5-559 And 47-5-1251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2444 - Central Mississippi Pilot Prison Industries program; expand to all state, regional and private correctional facilities.
Juan Barnett
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 47-5-539 And 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Expand The Pilot Work Initiative Under The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation At Central Mississippi Correctional Facility To Any State, Regional And Private Correctional Facility In The State Of Mississippi Which House Inmates Under The Jurisdiction Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Prescribe Certain Conditions For The Operation Of The Mississippi Prison Industries Program; To Earmark Payments From The Inmate's Work Release Account For Authorized Purposes; To Delete The Automatic Repealer On The Prison Industries Program; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2443 - Eligible Transitional Home Organization (ETHO) tax credit program; include formerly incarcerated individuals.
Juan Barnett
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 27-7-22.47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Formerly Incarcerated Individuals In Transitional Housing As Eligible Organizations For The Etho Tax Credit Program; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2442 - "Prison-to-Paycheck Pipeline Pilot Program"; establish reentry program under supervision of third-party coordinator.
Juan Barnett
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Establish A "prison-to-paycheck Pipeline Pilot Program" To Provide A Comprehensive Case Management Program For 1,000 Inmates To Re-enter The General Population; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Issue A Request For Proposals For A Third-party Coordinator To Operate The Program Under Certain Guidelines And To Authorize The Department To Administer The Third-party Contract; To Authorize Coordination With The State Parole Board; To Establish An Rfp Review Board For The Program; To Authorize Funding For The Program Through An Annual Appropriation To The Department; To Provide For Annual Reports And Evaluations By The Peer Committee And The Coordinator; To Amend Section 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Participants In The Prison Industries Programs Are Not Eligible For The Pilot Reentry Program; To Amend Section 47-5-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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