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 939
Vaccinations; allow exemption from requirement for school attendance based on religious or philosophical beliefs.
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 THAT A CHILD WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE ANY SPECIFIC VACCINATION IN ORDER TO ATTEND A SCHOOL IF THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN SUBMITS TO THE SCHOOL A LETTER OR AFFIDAVIT THAT DOCUMENTS WHICH REQUIRED VACCINATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN, AND WHICH VACCINATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THE BASIS THAT THEY ARE CONTRARY TO HIS OR HER PHILOSOPHICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; TO PRESCRIBE THE CONTENT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LETTER OR AFFIDAVIT SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL OF ENROLLMENT; 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
26 co-sponsors
William Tracy Arnold, Joel Bomgar, Randy P. Boyd, Chris Brown, Larry Byrd, Lester Carpenter, Dana Criswell, Dan Eubanks, Robert Foster, Herb Frierson, Andy Gipson, Jeffrey S. Guice, Jeff Hale, Steve Hopkins, Stephen A. Horne, Bill Kinkade, Vince Mangold, John L. Moore, Karl Oliver, John Read, Mark Tullos, Henry Zuber III, Jeffrey C. Smith, Shane Barnett, Charles Busby, Ashley Henley
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.