---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Public Safety; authorize contract with counties for custody of certain offenders."
description: "Department of Public Safety; authorize contract with counties for custody of certain offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2434"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2434 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7528d36e-a3f8-41e0-8c3f-e6a0b49b89ae"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Hill.xml"
source_hash: "db17e0ff8d48db5c1d55f4f77224e96a3508d160a453d931205a547b3755d402"
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 2434 (2021) — Department of Public Safety; authorize contract with counties for custody of certain offenders.

## 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/2400-2499/SB2434IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 3 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/SB2434_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_03.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2434.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2434PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2434_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2434CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2434SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **97–19** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **113–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–14** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Horhn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-26T06:00:00+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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Bain, Sanford, Summers)
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,England,Branning
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Newman,Ford (73rd)
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-09T05:00:00+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/7528d36e-a3f8-41e0-8c3f-e6a0b49b89ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).