---
type: "Bill"
title: "State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails."
description: "State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2495"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2495 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60d8454f-5c2e-4da5-8c4f-0fc8e5b452dc"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Barrett.xml"
source_hash: "0e9ca69215d84e80a2437b40428749b3016256fe931b45b14b836af3ffc8e0a0"
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 2495 (2023) — State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails.

## 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/2023/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2495IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2495_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2495.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2495PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2495SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **117–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sparks — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Chism — cosponsor (person)
- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Seymour — cosponsor (person)
- Suber — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Whaley — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: CR To AP
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: CN To AP
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To CN
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barnett,Sparks,DeBar
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Yates,Felsher
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/60d8454f-5c2e-4da5-8c4f-0fc8e5b452dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).