Mississippi House Bill 400 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 1 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-01 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-158, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Inmate Welfare Fund Be A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide For The Management Of The Fund; To Revise The Composition Of The Inmate Welfare Fund Committee; To Require That The Inmate Welfare Fund Committee Adopt Rules And Regulations And Conduct Needs Assessments For Future Purchases From The Fund; To Establish A Process For The Selection Of A Third Party To Administer Inmate Canteen Services For The Department Of Corrections; To Require The Department To Submit A Request For Proposals For Such Administration; To Provide Evaluation Of Such Services By The Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review (peer) Under Certain Circumstances; And For Related Purposes.

Corrections; require Inmate Fund to be a special fund; require RFPs for canteen; revise contract amount for review by procurement board.

Rep. Jerry Turner [R]

Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]

Rep. William Arnold [R]

2015-03-23 - House - House Concurred in Amend From Senate (Y: 103 N: 14 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-03-11 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-11 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 117 N: 2 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-01		Approved by Governor
2015-03-26	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2015-03-26	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2015-03-23	House	Concurred in Amend From Senate
2015-03-12	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2015-03-11	Senate	Passed As Amended
2015-03-11	Senate	Amended
2015-03-03	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2015-02-17	Senate	Referred To Corrections
2015-02-17	House	Transmitted To Senate
2015-02-13	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2015-02-11	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Holland, Turner, Crawford, Taylor)
2015-02-11	House	Passed As Amended
2015-02-11	House	Amended
2015-01-28	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2015-01-28	House	DR - TSDP: CN To AC
2015-01-22	House	DR - TSDP: AC To CN
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Corrections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0400.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0400IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0400PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0400SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/house/0370018.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/senate/0650014.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/house/0770005.pdf