republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2020/sb-2696.md

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Bill	Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails.	Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2020	SB 2696	Mississippi SB 2696 (2020)	bill	Corrections Appropriations	enacted	Barnett	6	22	4	2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00	2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a2c54257-86e2-480b-b873-55c5d7d05c7a	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Butler.xml	d91263bdc211f080f05266f4e5a69205ca0c84e52cdcb771087311b66f54e2f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2696 (2020) — Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2696 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 95–23 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 98–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barnett — primary (person)
• Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
• Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
• Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Corrections referral-committee
• 2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub committee-passage
• 2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute Adopted substitution
• 2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2020-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00 Referred To Corrections;Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDPAA: CN To AP
• 2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDPAA: AP To CN
• 2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Barnett,DeBar,Sparks
• 2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Horan,Bain,Yates
• 2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2c54257-86e2-480b-b873-55c5d7d05c7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).