---
type: "Bill"
title: "State offenders; extend repealer on authority to house in county jails when space is unavailable."
description: "State offenders; extend repealer on authority to house in county jails when space is unavailable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 757"
citation: "Mississippi HB 757 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shanks"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a2150e3-1406-4a32-bd6a-ac6b81593494"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Shanks.xml"
source_hash: "cf2c5f229af04199aa69a6a2bbbcb21fa9d499bcde01fcd25facecfe6139e111"
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 757 (2024) — State offenders; extend repealer on authority to house in county jails when 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/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0757IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0757_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 757** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0757.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0757PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0757_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0757SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shanks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Currie,Horan,Rushing
- **2024-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barnett,Brumfield,Hill
- **2024-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+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/2a2150e3-1406-4a32-bd6a-ac6b81593494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).