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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Inmate work release program; authorize to perform services for MDOT."
+description: "Inmate work release program; authorize to perform services for MDOT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 2242"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2242 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barnett"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcae9539-7ad7-4cc5-bd9a-f1af560ec5b2"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Butler.xml"
+source_hash: "fd2d813f18b684d4b4ab7b05a71cfdbf20eb0321cbae28a0ae3e407713dd0a4d"
+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 2242 (2025) — Inmate work release program; authorize to perform services for MDOT.
+
+## 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/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2242IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/SB2242_H_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2242.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2242PS.htm)
+5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2242SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **46–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **119–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barnett — primary (person)
+- Butler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barnett,Brumfield,Chassaniol
+- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Currie,Grady,Faulkner
+- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2025-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2025-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2025-04-10T05:00:00+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/dcae9539-7ad7-4cc5-bd9a-f1af560ec5b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+