Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
House Bill 1203
Mississippi Youth Act of 2008; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI HEALTHY YOUTH ACT OF 2008"; TO REQUIRE EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT OFFERS SEX-RELATED EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS ARE MEDICALLY AND SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE; TO DEFINE THE PHRASE "MEDICALLY AND SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE"; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MAKE SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEB SITES; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A LIST OF SEX-RELATED EDUCATION CURRICULA; TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS PROVIDING SEX-RELATED EDUCATION TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS REQUIRING NOTICE TO PARENTS OF SUCH INSTRUCTION AND THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS TO REQUEST THAT THEIR CHILDREN BE EXCUSED; TO REQUIRE BIENNIAL REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE ON SEX-RELATED EDUCATION CURRICULA; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 4 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.