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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails."
+description: "Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2696"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2696 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections", "Appropriations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barnett"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2c54257-86e2-480b-b873-55c5d7d05c7a"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Butler.xml"
+source_hash: "d91263bdc211f080f05266f4e5a69205ca0c84e52cdcb771087311b66f54e2f6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi SB 2696 (2020) — Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2696IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2696** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2696.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2696PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2696_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2696CS.htm)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2696SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **95–23** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **98–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barnett — primary (person)
+- Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
+- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections;Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: CN To AP
+- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To CN
+- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barnett,DeBar,Sparks
+- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Bain,Yates
+- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2c54257-86e2-480b-b873-55c5d7d05c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+