---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem."
description: "Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2684"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2684 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
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/27a122ab-4876-43d8-aa30-56510c5685e2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "3ec441190344f0ce6556bdff106a53b9c639ec3a3bd8986504c39dda5f30f51d"
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 2684 (2020) — Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem.

## 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/SB2684IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2684.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2684PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2684_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2684CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2684SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **118–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
- Chassaniol — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Witherspoon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: CR To AP
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+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,Simmons (13th),Sparks
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Rushing,Faulkner
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **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/27a122ab-4876-43d8-aa30-56510c5685e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).