Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2588
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; applies to students through age 18 and increase penalties for parents.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW ARE APPLICABLE TO STUDENTS THROUGH AGE 18; TO PROVIDE THAT EVERY DAY A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD ACCUMULATES AN UNLAWFUL ABSENCE CONSTITUTES A SEPARATE CRIMINAL VIOLATION RELATIVE TO THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF SUCH STUDENTS AND TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-5-39 AND 37-13-92, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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
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 SenateFeb 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.