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2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1439

School attendance; authorize exemption from vaccination for conscientious beliefs.

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 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATIONS FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS IN ORDER FOR THE CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE EXEMPTION, THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST COMPLETE AN AFFIDAVIT ON AN EXEMPTION FORM PROVIDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXEMPTION FORM MUST CONTAIN A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN UNDERSTANDS THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF VACCINATIONS AND THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF NOT BEING VACCINATED, AND MUST CONTAIN A SECTION WHERE THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN CAN LIST THE SPECIFIC VACCINATION OR VACCINATIONS FOR WHICH THE EXEMPTION APPLIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXEMPTION WILL BE VALID FOR ONE YEAR; 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

19 co-sponsors

Randy P. Boyd, Chris Brown, Larry Byrd, Lester Carpenter, Angela Cockerham, Carolyn Crawford, Dana Criswell, Dan Eubanks, John G. Faulkner, Robert Foster, Andy Gipson, Ashley Henley, Steve Hopkins, Abe Hudson, Bill Kinkade, Vince Mangold, John L. Moore, Randy Rushing, Stephen A. Horne

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. Jan 16Referred to the House committees on Education and on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Education;Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives