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2009 Regular Session

House Bill 891

Nursing education; community colleges offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in nursing.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT AN ONLINE PROGRAM OF NURSING EDUCATION THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE STATE TO ALLOW LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES TO RECEIVE THE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC TRAINING TO OBTAIN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO EXPEND MONIES IN THE MISSISSIPPI WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT TRAINING FUND TO DEFRAY THE COST OF ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE ONLINE PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN THE ONLINE PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

11 co-sponsors

Esther Harrison, Adrienne Wooten, John W. Hines, Sr., Edward Blackmon, Jr., Billy Broomfield, Bryant W. Clark, Chuck Espy, Joe C. Gardner, Robert E. Huddleston, Robert L. Johnson III, Willie J. Perkins, Sr.

Its course

January 19 to March 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 618 days

Universities and CollegesJan 19 to Jan 289 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Mar 3 · stopped25 days

Universities and CollegesFeb 11 to Mar 3 · stopped20 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Universities and Colleges
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 6Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 9 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 9Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 11Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Universities and CollegesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 6PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  6. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate