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 691
Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2012; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI STUDENT RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES ACT OF 2012"; TO AUTHORIZE VOLUNTARY STUDENT EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A POLICY CREATING A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM FOR VOLUNTARY STUDENT EXPRESSION OF A RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINT; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CREATE A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM FOR STUDENT SPEAKERS AT GRADUATION AND OTHER EVENTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ALLOW RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE FREEDOM TO ORGANIZE RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES; TO ESTABLISH A MODEL POLICY ON STUDENT EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINTS WHICH MAY BE ADOPTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS; 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
8 co-sponsors
Donnie Bell, Randy P. Boyd, Charles Busby, Lester Carpenter, Gary Chism, Bobby B. Howell, John L. Moore, Gary V. Staples
Its course
February 20 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 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 20 to Mar 6 · 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.