---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corrections; extend repealer on intensive supervision program and electronic home detention."
description: "Corrections; extend repealer on intensive supervision program and electronic home detention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 879"
citation: "Mississippi HB 879 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a401892-36fc-4c8d-9117-0005ee4392e8"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0879.xml"
source_hash: "88383838fc98838a7b5f63046c52b5326986b764d00d167efb4a6f74ae5d15eb"
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 HB 879 (2018) — Corrections; extend repealer on intensive supervision program and electronic home detention.

## 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/2018/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0879IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0879PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0879SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **115–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+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/3a401892-36fc-4c8d-9117-0005ee4392e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).