Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2741
Mandatory comprehensive eye examination for students entering kindergarten or first grade; require.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-87, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A COMPREHENSIVE EYE EXAMINATION FOR ALL STUDENTS ENTERING KINDERGARTEN, THE FIRST GRADE OR ENROLLING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR REQUIRED EYE EXAMINATIONS; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP AND ISSUE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR THE STUDENT EYE EXAMINATION PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE MANDATORY STUDENT EYE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT AND THE STUDENT VISION SCREENING PROGRAM; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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.
In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate