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MS HB1691

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

2/3/2026

Primary Sponsor

Larry Byrd

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the provision allowing counties to charge municipalities the state rate (Department of Corrections rate) for housing municipal prisoners in county jails
  • Enables counties and municipalities to freely negotiate their own costs for housing, feeding, and caring for municipal prisoners
  • Maintains the $15.00 per day per prisoner cap for county jail food expenses paid from the county's jail food allowance account
  • Preserves existing Department of Corrections payment rates for state inmates held in county jails, which remain unaffected by this change
  • Takes effect July 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Housing of municipal prisoners in county jails; revise methods that counties and municipalities use to calculate costs for payments of.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/3/2026

Committee Referrals

County Affairs1/19/2026

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