---
type: "Bill"
title: "State offenders; extend repealer on authority to house in county jails when state space is unavailable."
description: "State offenders; extend repealer on authority to house in county jails when state space is unavailable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "Mississippi HB 685 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3cd23f9-0480-48ce-8fe3-b8574bba3b0a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "c66799f94c19d7c6dc6695b93e8d10b67bf3d583029142e48b23c3d99a51f634"
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 685 (2020) — State offenders; extend repealer on authority to house in county jails when state space is unavailable.

## 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/HB/0600-0699/HB0685IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB0685_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0685.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0685PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0685SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Turner — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)
- Mickens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Felsher,Rosebud
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barnett,Sparks,Suber
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Yates, Horan, Mickens)
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **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/b3cd23f9-0480-48ce-8fe3-b8574bba3b0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).