Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 9, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2459
Compulsory school attendance; increase maximum age to 17.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD BY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIRED FOR COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE TO INCLUDE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 18 YEARS ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1 OF THE CALENDAR 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to February 9, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 9 · stopped24 days
EducationJan 16 to Jan 3115 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 Senate Jan 16 – Feb 9
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 9Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To EducationSenate
- Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 9Died On CalendarSenate