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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 461

School guidance counselors; establish pilot program in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, ACTING JOINTLY WITH THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC SCHOOLS' GUIDANCE COUNSELORS PILOT PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO DETERMINE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM; TO PROHIBIT ANY EFFORT TO COUNSEL THAT ABORTION CAN BE USED TO PREVENT THE BIRTH OF A BABY; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WITH THE INPUT OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON THE PILOT PROGRAM TO THE CHAIRMEN OF CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2017; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY 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

15 co-sponsors

Willie Bailey, Billy Broomfield, Clara Burnett, Bryant W. Clark, Mary H. Coleman, George Flaggs, Jr., Joe C. Gardner, Esther Harrison, Gregory Holloway, Sr., Kevin Horan, Rita Martinson, Omeria Scott, Rufus Straughter, Sara R. Thomas, Sonya Williams-Barnes

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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 13 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 13Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 13Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives