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 223
School district transfer; reduce distance from 30 to 20 miles to permit enrollment in a closer school in adjacent district.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE OF TRANSPORTING STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOLS FROM THIRTY MILES TO TWENTY MILES IN ORDER TO PERMIT PARENTS TO TRANSFER AND ENROLL SUCH STUDENTS TO AN ADJACENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSER TO THE STUDENT'S RESIDENCE; 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.