Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 791
Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-134, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COLLECT AN ANNUAL BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) PERCENTILE BY AGE FOR EACH STUDENT IN KINDERGARTEN AND IN EVEN NUMBERED GRADES THROUGH GRADE 10, AND TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO PARENTS WITH AN EXPLANATION; TO ALLOW ANY PARENT TO REFUSE TO HAVE THEIR CHILD'S BMI PERCENTILE ASSESSED AND REPORTED, BY PROVIDING A WRITTEN REFUSAL TO THE SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENTS IN GRADES 11 AND 12 ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO MEASURE AND REPORT THEIR BMI PERCENTILE; 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
22 co-sponsors
Joe C. Gardner, Toby Barker, Edward Blackmon, Jr., Billy Broomfield, Bryant W. Clark, Linda F. Coleman, Mary H. Coleman, Dirk D. Dedeaux, Tyrone Ellis, Frances Fredericks, David Gibbs, Eugene Forrest Hamilton, Esther Harrison, John W. Hines, Sr., Robert L. Johnson III, John Mayo, Willie J. Perkins, Sr., Ferr Smith, Jeffrey C. Smith, Greg Snowden, Jessica Upshaw, Adrienne Wooten
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2009, 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 RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.