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Read. Follow. Verify.House Bill 881 Appropriates $2.5 Million for Hinds County Sheriff's Department Equipment
Last action · February 25, 2026: 02/25 (H) Died In CommitteeSponsor: Brown
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What This Bill Proposed
Mississippi House Bill 881 allocates $2,500,000 from the State General Fund to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors for purchasing body cameras and ten new vehicles for the Sheriff's Department, effective July 1, 2026.
Directs state tax revenues toward local law enforcement capital purchases in a specific county, funding equipment acquisition for the upcoming .
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Board of Supervisors of Hinds County
Receives $2,500,000 in state funds and assumes responsibility for administering the equipment purchases.
Hinds County Sheriff's Department
Receives ten new vehicles and body cameras funded by the appropriation.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 25, 2026House02/25 (H) Died In Committee
- Jan 16, 2026HouseCommittee01/16 (H) Referred To Appropriations A
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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