Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 426
Public schools; authorize use of wooden paddle as an acceptable form of corporal punishment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO USE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AS A DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE; TO INCLUDE SWATTING WITH A WOODEN PADDLE AS AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; TO REQUIRE PARENTS WHO ARE REQUESTED TO APPEAR AT THE SCHOOL TO DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILD WITH CORPORAL PUNISHMENT TO DO SO IN THE PRESENCE OF CERTAIN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 11-46-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DISCIPLINE PLANS TO INCLUDE IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AS A DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL SUSPENSION OR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL IN ITS CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT; 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 13 to March 6, 2012, 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 13 to Mar 6 · stopped22 days
EducationFeb 13 to Mar 6 · stopped22 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.