Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 51
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; revise and clarify provisions relating to retention to 3rd Grade accountability assessments.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-177-5, 37-177-9 AND 37-177-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LITERACY-BASED PROMOTION ACT FOR PURPOSES OF CLARIFYING PURPOSES OF RETENTION TO THIRD GRADE AND USE OF ACCOUNTABILITY ASSESSMENTS; 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 March 22, 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.
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 8 – Feb 29
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Education
- Feb 16Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 25Read the third time in the House
- Feb 29Committee substitute adopted in the House
- Passed the House
In the Senate Mar 2 – Mar 22
- Mar 2Sent to the Senate
- Mar 7Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Mar 22Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
- Feb 16Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
- Feb 25Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
- Feb 29Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
- Feb 29PassedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 2Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- Mar 7Referred To EducationSenate
- Mar 22Died In CommitteeSenate