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 954
Sex-related education; delete repealer and revise to clarify the instructional approach to topic of abortion in curriculum.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-171, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE INSTRUCTION ON ABORTION OR THE PROCESS OF HOW IT IS PERFORMED AS AN ESTABLISHED COMPONENT OF EITHER SEX-RELATED EDUCATION CURRICULUM ADOPTED BY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ANY MATERIAL, WHETHER WRITTEN, ELECTRONIC OR AUDIO VISUAL IN ANY INSTRUCTION BY A LICENSED EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE DISTRICT HAS ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT OR MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT; TO REQUIRE THAT ANY DISCUSSION OF ABORTION MUST BE PRESENTED FROM THE MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE POTENTIAL LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM HAZARDS PRESENTED TO PATIENTS AS THE RESULT OF HAVING THE PROCEDURE PERFORMED; TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 507, LAWS OF 2009, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 4, CHAPTER 430, LAWS OF 2011, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE DUTIES OF THE TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION TASK FORCE, BY DELETING THE REPEALER; 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.