---
type: "Bill"
title: "Youth detention; raise minimum age for youth commitment to state training school and secure detention."
description: "Youth detention; raise minimum age for youth commitment to state training school and secure detention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2282"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2282 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba8d3d41-ad69-4bc8-8be5-2245990c00cc"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(11th).xml"
source_hash: "ed602e9325d1fe8e8931c66edb8283bc3efeb6f785f88afdc384b393f96e9602"
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 2282 (2021) — Youth detention; raise minimum age for youth commitment to state training school and secure 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/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2282IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2282PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2282SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **118–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Tabled
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Law W/out Governor's Signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba8d3d41-ad69-4bc8-8be5-2245990c00cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).