Mississippi House Bill 709

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Department Of Corrections To Convert The Three Restitution Centers In The State To Post-release Reentry Centers; To Provide That The Post-release Reentry Centers Shall Be For Individuals Who Are Eligible For Release, Including Those Eligible For Parole And Early Release Supervision, If Such Individuals Do Not Have Immediate Access To Housing Upon Release; To Require The Department To Administer Services In The Post-release Reentry Centers As Well As Other Facilities That Provide Post-release Reentry Services; To Require The Department To Assist Residents Of The Centers In Obtaining Certain Reentry Necessities Such As Housing, Job Skills Training And Driver's Licenses; To Amend Sections 45-33-35 And 47-5-110, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Repeal Section 99-37-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Department Of Corrections To Operate Restitution Centers; To Repeal Section 99-37-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Certain Powers And Duties Of The Department Of Corrections And The Department Of Human Services Regarding Restitution Centers; And For Related Purposes.

Use of restitution centers by DOC; repeal and convert centers into post-release reentry centers.

Rep. Robert Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-01-29	House	Referred To Corrections;Appropriations A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	33	35	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	5	110	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	37	19	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
99	37	21	Repealed Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0709.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0709IN.htm