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SB 2955 — Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2018. Enacted.
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The changes to Bill SB 2955 primarily involve the addition of new lines that clarify its intent and provisions. These updates aim to enhance the bill's effectiveness and provide clearer guidance for implementation. The removal of earlier lines signifies a shift in focus, making the bill more streamlined and easier to understand. This clarity matters because it helps ensure that everyone affected by the bill knows what to expect and how to comply with the new regulations.
SB2955 (As SentPassed tothe Governor)Senate) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Senator(s) Clarke, Hopson, Michel, Jackson (32nd), McDaniel, Simmons (13th) Senate Bill 2955 (As SentPassed tothe Governor)Senate) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.
$ 306,613,667.00.305,286,414.00.
$ 34,904,251.00.25,579,518.00.
$ 23,780,541.0023,441,912.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
11,073,986.00 5,437,303.00 Total..............................
$ 34,854,527.0028,879,215.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
210176 Part Time...........
$ 0.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
2,489,838.00 2,489,376.00 Total..............................
$ 2,489,838.002,489,376.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
00 PAROLE BOARD Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following funding and positions are authorized:
$ 664,571.00664,043.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
0.00 0.00 Total..............................
$ 664,571.00664,043.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
$ $ 65,458,709.0065,022,477.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
1,838,415.00 0.00 Total..............................
$ 67,297,124.0065,022,477.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
$ 70,352,627.0069,916,395.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
2,738,283.00 900,000.00 Total..............................
$ 73,090,910.0070,816,395.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
$ 37,123,500.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
0.00 0.00 Total..............................
$ $ 37,123,500.00 37,123,500.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
$ 7,188,945.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
0.00 0.00 Total..............................
$ 18,988,777.0018,959,143.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
14,350,217.00 14,342,033.00 Total..............................
$ 33,338,994.0033,301,176.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
619520 Part Time...........
$ 27,439,468.0027,406,402.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
618,028.00 617,500.00 Total..............................
$ 28,057,496.0028,023,902.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
702589 Part Time...........
$ 35,624,789.0035,590,403.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
1,352,349.00 1,350,831.00 Total..............................
$ 36,977,138.0036,941,234.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
736617 Part Time...........
$ 19,991,740.0019,973,194.00 Special Funds...........................Funds............................
443,135.00 442,475.00 Total..............................
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$ 20,434,875.0020,415,669.00 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
404339 Part Time...........
None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of Internal Revenue Service'sService’s Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.
SECTION 20.20. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, funds may be expended to defray the costs of clothing for sworn nonuniform law enforcement officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) annually per officer.
SECTION 21. Of the funds appropriated underin the provisions of Section 2,1, Fiveit Millionis Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,500,000.00), or so much thereof, shall be derived out of any money in the Stateintention Treasury to the credit of the CapitalLegislature Expensethat Fund,Five asHundred createdTen inThousand SectionTwo 27-103-303,Hundred MississippiSixty-one CodeDollars of($510,261.00) 1972,shall andbe allocated into aVictim's mannerNotification asPrograms determinedsupported by theGeneral Treasurer'sFund Office. court Theseassessments. funds are provided for the purpose of making repairs at Wilkinson Correctional Facility.
If bondsSECTION from22. HouseOf Billthe arefunds usedappropriated forherein, thisnot roofmore repair,than thisSix sectionMillion Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000.00) may be reducedused withto thepay fundsinvoices beingfrom availablefiscal year 2018 for Departmentmedical operations. services However,provided atto noinmates. time maySECTION these23. fundsThe money herein appropriated shall be reducedpaid ifby the projectState isTreasurer notout fullyof funded.any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer;
SECTION 21. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, funds may be expended to defray the costs of clothing for sworn nonuniform law enforcement officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) annually per officer.
SECTION 22. Of the funds appropriated in Section 1, it is the intention of the Legislature that Five Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-one Dollars ($510,261.00) shall be allocated to Victim's Notification Programs supported by General Fund court assessments.
SECTION 23. Of the funds appropriated herein, not more than Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000.00) may be used to pay invoices from fiscal year 2018 for medical services provided to inmates. SECTION 24. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer;
SECTION 25. 24. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.
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Action History
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Approved by Governor
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Enrolled Bill Signed
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Enrolled Bill Signed
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Conference Report Adopted
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Conference Report Adopted
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Conference Report Filed
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Conference Report Filed
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Recommitted For Further Conf
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Recommitted For Further Conf
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Conference Report Filed
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Conference Report Filed
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Conferees Named Read,Cockerham,Gipson
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Conferees Named Clarke,Michel,Simmons (13th)
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Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
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Returned For Concurrence
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Passed As Amended
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Amended
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Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
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Referred To Appropriations
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Transmitted To House
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Motion to Reconsider Tabled
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Motion to Reconsider Entered
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Passed
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Title Suff Do Pass
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Referred To Appropriations
Sponsors
- Clarke · Primary
- Jackson_(32nd) · Cosponsor
- Simmons_(13th) · Cosponsor
- Briggs Hopson · Cosponsor
- McDaniel · Cosponsor
- J. Walter Michel · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Clarke
Co-sponsors (5)
- Jackson_(32nd)
- Simmons_(13th)
- Briggs Hopson Republican
- McDaniel
- J. Walter Michel Republican
Not signed on (169)
169 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 169 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (52)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Branning | — | Yea |
| Browning | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Yea |
| Carmichael | — | Yea |
| Caughman | — | Yea |
| Dawkins | — | Yea |
| Doty | — | Yea |
| Gollott | — | Yea |
| Horhn | — | Yea |
| Jolly | — | Yea |
| Jordan | — | Yea |
| Massey | — | Yea |
| McDaniel | — | Yea |
| Moran | — | Yea |
| Polk | — | Yea |
| Tollison | — | Yea |
| Turner-Ford | — | Yea |
| Wilemon | — | Yea |
| Witherspoon | — | Yea |
| Parker | — | Yea |
| Simmons D. T. (12th) | — | Yea |
| Simmons W. (13th) | — | Yea |
| Yeas--Barnett | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Clarke | — | Yea |
| Dearing | — | Yea |
| Hudson | — | Yea |
| Jackson G. (15th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson R. (11th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson S. (32nd) | — | Yea |
| Albert Butler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Blount | Democrat | Yea |
| Hillman Terome Frazier | Democrat | Yea |
| Hob Bryan | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sollie B. Norwood | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Burks Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Brice Wiggins | Republican | Yea |
| Briggs Hopson | Republican | Yea |
| Chad McMahan | Republican | Yea |
| Chuck Younger | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Kirby | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis DeBar, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| J. Walter Michel | Republican | Yea |
| Joel R. Carter, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Fillingane | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph M. Seymour | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Harkins | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Blackwell | Republican | Yea |
| Lydia Graves Chassaniol | Republican | Yea |
| Neil S. Whaley | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Potts Parks | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 53 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 110 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (120)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bain | — | Yea |
| Baria | — | Yea |
| Beckett | — | Yea |
| Bomgar | — | Yea |
| Busby | — | Yea |
| Calhoun | — | Yea |
| Corley | — | Yea |
| Criswell | — | Yea |
| Denny | — | Yea |
| Dixon | — | Yea |
| Dortch | — | Yea |
| Gipson | — | Yea |
| Henley | — | Yea |
| Holland | — | Yea |
| Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Not Voting |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| McNeal | — | Yea |
| Mettetal | — | Yea |
| Middleton | — | Yea |
| Miles | — | Not Voting |
| Myers | — | Not Voting |
| Paden | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Yea |
| Perkins | — | Yea |
| Reynolds | — | Yea |
| Shirley | — | Yea |
| Snowden | — | Yea |
| Staples | — | Yea |
| Straughter | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Sykes | — | Yea |
| Touchstone | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Weathersby | — | Yea |
| Williams-Barnes | — | Yea |
| Willis | — | Yea |
| Wilson | — | Yea |
| Wooten | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Yeas--Aguirre | — | Yea |
| Barnett | — | Yea |
| Bell (65th) | — | Yea |
| Bell (21st) | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Clarke | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (36th) | — | Yea |
| Huddleston (15th) | — | Yea |
| Hudson | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Johnson (87th) | — | Yea |
| Johnson (94th) | — | Yea |
| Rogers (14th) | — | Yea |
| Rogers (61st) | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Absent or those Anderson | — | Not Voting |
| Baker | — | Not Voting |
| Present--Gibbs (72nd) | — | Not Voting |
| Holloway | — | Not Voting |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bryant W. Clark | Democrat | Yea |
| Carl Mickens | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Burnett | Democrat | Yea |
| Earle S. Banks | Democrat | Yea |
| John G. Faulkner | Democrat | Yea |
| John W. Hines, Sr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph Thomas | Democrat | Yea |
| Kabir Karriem | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Omeria Scott | Democrat | Yea |
| Oscar Denton | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Foster | Democrat | Yea |
| Willie Bailey | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Cockerham | Independent | Yea |
| Becky Currie | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Kinkade | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Pigott | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Powell | Republican | Yea |
| C. Scott Bounds | Republican | Yea |
| Carolyn Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Casey Eure | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican | Yea |
| Donnie Scoggin | Republican | Yea |
| Greg Haney | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Zuber III | Republican | Yea |
| Jason White | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Hale | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | Yea |
| Jerry R. Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Jody Steverson | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Hood | Republican | Yea |
| John Read | Republican | Yea |
| John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III | Republican | Yea |
| Karl Oliver | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy L. Chism | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Morgan | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Ford | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Horan | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Byrd | Republican | Yea |
| Lester Carpenter | Republican | Yea |
| Manly Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tullos | Republican | Not Voting |
| Missy McGee | Republican | Yea |
| Noah Sanford | Republican | Yea |
| Randy P. Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Randy Rushing | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Rob Roberson | Republican | Yea |
| Sam C. Mims, V | Republican | Yea |
| Scott DeLano | Republican | Yea |
| Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen A. Horne | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Massengill | Republican | Yea |
| Timmy Ladner | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Vince Mangold | Republican | Yea |
| William Tracy Arnold | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (52)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Browning | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Yea |
| Carmichael | — | Yea |
| Caughman | — | Yea |
| Dawkins | — | Yea |
| Doty | — | Yea |
| Gollott | — | Yea |
| Horhn | — | Yea |
| Jolly | — | Yea |
| Jordan | — | Yea |
| Massey | — | Yea |
| McDaniel | — | Yea |
| Moran | — | Yea |
| Polk | — | Yea |
| Tollison | — | Yea |
| Turner-Ford | — | Yea |
| Wilemon | — | Yea |
| Witherspoon | — | Yea |
| Yeas--Barnett | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Clarke | — | Yea |
| Dearing | — | Yea |
| Jackson G. (15th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson R. (11th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson S. (32nd) | — | Yea |
| Parker | — | Yea |
| Simmons D. T. (12th) | — | Yea |
| Simmons W. (13th) | — | Yea |
| Absent and those Branning | — | Not Voting |
| Hudson | — | Not Voting |
| Albert Butler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Blount | Democrat | Yea |
| Hillman Terome Frazier | Democrat | Yea |
| Hob Bryan | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sollie B. Norwood | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Burks Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Brice Wiggins | Republican | Yea |
| Briggs Hopson | Republican | Yea |
| Chad McMahan | Republican | Yea |
| Chuck Younger | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Kirby | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis DeBar, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| J. Walter Michel | Republican | Yea |
| Joel R. Carter, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Fillingane | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph M. Seymour | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Harkins | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Blackwell | Republican | Yea |
| Lydia Graves Chassaniol | Republican | Yea |
| Neil S. Whaley | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Potts Parks | Republican | Yea |
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- Who sponsors SB 2955?
- SB 2955 is sponsored by Clarke, Jackson_(32nd), Simmons_(13th), Briggs Hopson (Republican), McDaniel, and J. Walter Michel (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 2955?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2018. Enacted.
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