l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 914

Student speech; grant immunity to school officials allowing amplified student messages consistent with district policy.

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 AUTHORIZE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADOPT A POLICY AUTHORIZING STUDENT SPEECH THAT IS DELIVERED OVER AN INTERCOM OR PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM; TO SPECIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT MUST BE CONTAINED IN THE POLICY, INCLUDING THE LIMITING OF SUCH STUDENT SPEECH TO BRIEF OPENING AND CLOSING MESSAGES AT DESIGNATED SCHOOL EVENTS; TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SUPERINTENDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WHO ALLOW STUDENTS TO DELIVER OPENING AND CLOSING MESSAGES AT SCHOOL EVENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S POLICY FOR THE CONTENT OF THE STUDENT SPEECH DELIVERED IN SUCH MESSAGES; 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

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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 20 – Mar 6

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published