Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1527
Public school textbooks; authorize use of comparable alternatives to paper books.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-43-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF COMPARABLE ALTERNATIVES TO BOUND PAPER TEXTBOOKS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO MAKE COMPATIBLE LEARNING MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHENEVER A TEXTBOOK ALTERNATIVE BEING USED IN A CLASS CANNOT BE USED OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM SETTING; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-43-19, 37-43-23, 37-43-27, 37-43-31, 37-43-33, 37-43-37, 37-43-41, 37-43-43, 37-43-47, 37-43-51, 37-43-53 AND 37-43-59, 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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.