Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2176
United States Citizenship Test; require as a condition for high school graduation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY IN CIVICS AS A CONDITION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION BY REQUIRING STUDENTS TO TAKE THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP TEST AS A PART OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORY CURRICULUM; TO REQUIRE THE UNITED STATES HISTORY CURRICULUM AND TEST TO INCLUDE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE BEGINNING WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA IN 1607; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 5 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 SenateFeb 5 to Feb 23 · stopped18 days
EducationFeb 5 to Feb 23 · stopped18 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.