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Mississippi · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1079: Department of Corrections; authorize to enter into contract with Forrest County for the housing of state inmates.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1079 is a bill introduced in the Mississippi House on January 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Department of Corrections; authorize to enter into contract with Forrest County for the housing of state inmates. Primary sponsor: Larry Byrd (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2025): Died On Calendar.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Larry ByrdPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Bubba TubbCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Percy WatsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died On Calendar
  2. Title Suff Do Pass
  3. Referred To Corrections
  4. Transmitted To Senate
  5. Passed As Amended
  6. Amended
  7. Committee Substitute Adopted
  8. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
  9. Referred To Corrections

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source