Mississippi Legislature

1997 Regular Session

House Penitentiary Committee

As of 12/08/97 at 11:32

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HB  90  Parole; require potential parolees to complete            Endt
        court-imposed program before being paroled.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 122  Schools; require fifth grade field trip to state          Holden
        correctional facility.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 167  Parole; prohibit for murder conviction.                   Denny
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 279  State offenders; authorize to place phone calls with a    Guice
        prepaid telephone card.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 297  State Parole Board; create three-member board for North   Endt
        Mississippi and three-member board for South           
        Mississippi.                                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 387  State offenders; extend date of repeal for housing in     Ford
        county jails.                                          
           03/24 Approved by Governor
HB 398  Community Service Revolving Fund; extend date of          Ford
        repeal.                                                
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 399  Offenders; extend date of repeal for medical release      Ford
        of.                                                    
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 400  Leasing of penitentiary lands; extend date of repeal.     Ford
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 427  Prisons; unlawful to bring alcohol or drugs into.         McInnis
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 462  Department of Corrections; change name to Department of   McInnis
        Penitentiaries.                                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 464  Department of Corrections; limit educational programs     McInnis
        to reading, writing and arithmetic.                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 478  State offenders; allow voluntary work for Habitat for     Cameron
 *      Humanity.                                              
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 568  State correctional facilities; prohibit all conjugal      Moore
        visitation in.                                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 608  Offenders; require to be classified as paroled when       Malone
        placed on medical release.                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 716  State offenders; are to be under the supervision of DOC   Malone
 *      when placed in the Medical Release Program.            
           03/31 (H) Died In Conference
HB 763  State Commission on Human Rights; create.                 Evans
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 894  Corrections; authorize commissioner to house DUI          Endt
 *      offenders in CWC's.                                    
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB1009  Corrections; revise 85% mandatory sentencing by           Watson
        excluding nonviolent crimes.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1224  Crime victims; provide for videotaping or written         Franks
        records of victim's statement for parole hearings.     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1232  Parole; authorize field supervisors to visit offender's   Walker
        place of residence.                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1308  Correctional officers; include under Law Enforcement      Malone
        Officer Training Program.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1346  Probation; revise workload of field supervisors.          Compretta
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1415  Prison industries; authorize to locate at a private       Malone
 *      correctional facility or at a regional correctional    
        facility.                                              
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB1491  Cop killer ammunition; prohibit use and enhance           Scott (80th)
        penalties.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1536  Correctional facilities; authorize private federal        Reynolds
 * %    prisons to locate in counties.                         
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB1585  Parole; offender will not be paroled if victim objects.   Franks
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1659  Prison construction; increase maximum capacity of         Woods
        Marshall County/Wilkinson County facility.             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1700  Correctional facility; authorize to house minimum         Gadd
        security offenders in Marshall or Wilkinson County.    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1750  Kemper County; authorize to house state inmates in a      Moody
 * %    private correctional facility.                         
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1813  Grenada County; authorize private operation of county     Holden
 *      jail.                                                  
           04/23 Approved by Governor
HB1857  City of Hollandale; authorize to construct a              Straughter
   %    correctional facility.                                 
           04/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1860  Holmes County; authorize to house state inmates in a      Stevens
        private correctional facility.                         
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2030  Central MS Correctional Facility; name medical building   Kirby
        after Dr. Robert L. Peede.                             
           03/17 Approved by Governor
SB2244  Prisoners; allow county and city to work prisoner to      Huggins
        aid charity providing food to needy.                   
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2466  Corrections; make medical release conditional.            Huggins
 *         03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2778  Corrections; require drug testing of employees.           Johnson (19th)
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2841  State Parole Board; create 5 member.                      Furniss
 *         04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2879  Corrections; Direct DOC to contract for regional          Stogner
 *      facilities in certain counties.                        
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2925  Prisons; allow prison industries to work state inmates    Huggins
 *      at private facilities.                                 
           03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB3192  Hollandale; authorize special needs correctional          Carlton
 * %    facility.                                              
           04/24 Approved by Governor



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