Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Subject: CORRECTIONS - DEPARTMENT OF

As of 04/25/01 at 09:43

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HB  36  Appropriation; Department of Corrections for purchase     Pierce
        of property adjacent to South Mississippi Correctional 
        Facility.                                              
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB 191  Corrections; permit housing of state inmates and          Mayo
        out-of-state inmates in same facility under certain    
        conditions.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 192  DNA identification; require every offender committed to   Mitchell
        the custody of the Mississippi Department of           
        Corrections to get DNA test.                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 194  Property; authorize DFA to purchase certain property in   Pierce
        Greene County for the Department of Corrections.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 531  Corrections; increase the number of beds at the Walnut    Malone
        Grove Correctional Facility.                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 599  Appropriation; Department of Corrections to provide       Moak
        funding for additional field officers.                 
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1050  Public property; authorize Department of Corrections to   McBride
 * %    transfer property to Department of Wildlife, Fisheries 
        and Parks.                                             
           03/27 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1083  Department of Corrections; shall pay same amount to       Banks
        county jails as it pays to private facilities.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1139  Corrections; authorize the commissioner to transfer       Malone
 *      employees to any DOC location.                         
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1232  Corrections; revise certain provisions regarding          Malone
        operations.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1292  Correctional facilities; create a toll free hotline       Clarke
        service in all correctional facilities to investigate  
        sexual abuse against inmates.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1312  Corrections; revise name, procedure and meetings of the   Malone
        classification committee.                              
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1364  Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with     Formby
        any county for housing of state offenders.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1365  Department of Corrections; authorize to contract to       Formby
        house state inmates in county or regional jails.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1450  Private correctional officers; delete provision which     Malone
 *      specifies where training shall take place.             
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB1464  Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; authorize per diem    Malone
        for members.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1465  Corrections; rename the Division of Community Services    Malone
 * %    of the Department of Corrections.                      
           03/27 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1515  Appropriation; Department of Corrections for housing      Malone
        additional juvenile offenders at Walnut Grove facility.
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1652  Washington County; authorize construction of a            Straughter
   % V  correctional facility in Hollandale, Mississippi.      
           03/30 (H) Do Sustain Veto
SB2180  Retirement; certain employees of the Department of        Harden
        Corrections may retire after 20 years of service.      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2277  Corrections; DOC to contract with Walthall County for     Stogner
        regional facility.                                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2282  Retirement; establish the Correctional Officers'          Simmons
        Retirement System of Mississippi.                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2686  Corrections; mandate testing inmates for alcohol and      Dawkins
        controlled substances.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2777  Corrections; authorize DOC to use inmate labor to         Smith
        expand community work centers.                         
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2793  Corrections; revise work training program requirements.   Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2794  Corrections; revise requirements for meritorious earned   Smith *
        time and remove limit on time earned by inmate.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2821  Corrections; allow DOC to feed garbage to swine.          Smith
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2868  Corrections; expand trusty earned time allowance          Smith
        programs.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2869  Corrections; allow regional jails to keep canteen money   Huggins
        for benefit of the regional jail inmates.              
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB2870  Corrections; authorize the commissioner to transfer       Smith *
        employees to any DOC location.                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2872  Corrections; revise restrictions on placement of          Smith *
        inmates in the earned probation program.               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2873  Corrections:  Authorize office of governor and            Smith
        commissioner of corrections to privatize community     
        services.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2874  Regional jails; authorize work programs with              Smith
        Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation.             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2877  Corrections; increase reimbursement to counties for       Tollison
        housing state inmates.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2878  Corrections; remove requirement that private guards       Smith *
        train at public facilities.                            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2879  Corrections; revise time for placement in house arrest.   Smith *
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2893  Public property; Dept. of Corrections transfer land to    Mettetal
 *      Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.                
           03/30 Approved by Governor
SB2956  Corrections; revise allocation of funds in the Inmate     Smith *
        Welfare Fund.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2991  Corrections; authorize early work release for certain     Ross
 *      nonviolent inmates.                                    
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB3008  Corrections; agricultural leases of prison lands;         Smith
        extend repealer.                                       
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB3015  Corrections; rename the Division of Community Services    Smith *
   %    of the Department of Corrections.                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3018  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer.            Smith
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB3022  Corrections; state offenders serving sentence in county   Smith
        jails; extend repealer.                                
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB3025  Corrections; transfer Division of Community Services of   Smith
   %    DOC to new Department of Community Correctional        
        Services.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3028  Corrections; abolish classification committees and        Smith *
 *      create hearing officers; nonviolent first offenders    
        eligible for parole.                                   
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB3123  Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and         Gordon
 *   V  Reimb. Local Confinement.                              
           03/30 (H) Veto Overridden

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