---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorization for incarceration of state offenders in county or regional correctional facilities; add Forrest and Wayne Counties."
description: "Authorization for incarceration of state offenders in county or regional correctional facilities; add Forrest and Wayne Counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 2239"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2239 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a797409c-df11-49bd-bb08-a5a824c7d4d1"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/Senate_authors/Johnson.xml"
source_hash: "a229b63c91d9fc1373cd4c46580be0003ef3af9588486130731a8981247f813a"
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 2239 (2025) — Authorization for incarceration of state offenders in county or regional correctional facilities; add Forrest and Wayne Counties.

## 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/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2239IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB2239_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2239.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2239PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/SB2239_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2239SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-21T05:00:00+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/a797409c-df11-49bd-bb08-a5a824c7d4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).