l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1153

County boards of education; revise process of selecting members in certain counties.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MODIFIED PROCESS OF ELECTING AND APPOINTING OF COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR GEORGE AND STONE COUNTIES AT THE 2019 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE ELECTED FROM THREE NEW SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS APPORTIONED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE POPULATION OF THE APPLICABLE COUNTIES; TO REQUIRE THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE LOCAL GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF MUNICIPALITIES WHEREIN THE SEATS OF GOVERNMENT ARE LOCATED TO APPOINT THE REMAINING TWO MEMBERS FROM THE COUNTY AT LARGE; 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

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published