l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 349

Immunization requirements; exempt school-age children from for bona fide religious beliefs.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM THE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS TO CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR BONA FIDE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR PERSON IN LOCO PARENTIS OF A CHILD IF THOSE BELIEFS ARE CONTRARY TO THE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON SUBMISSION OF A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE BONA FIDE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND OPPOSITION TO THE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS, THE CHILD MAY ATTEND THE SCHOOL OR FACILITY WITHOUT PRESENTING A CERTIFICATE OF IMMUNIZATION; 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

January 14 to February 5, 2013, 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 RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 days

EducationJan 14 to Feb 5 · 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 Jan 14 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the House committees on Education and on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published