Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2782
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED THE "ROSEMARY HAYES WILLIAMS KINDERGARTEN ATTENDANCE ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW ARE FULLY APPLICABLE TO KINDERGARTEN-AGE CHILDREN; TO REQUIRE SUCH KINDERGARTEN-AGE CHILDREN TO ATTEND LICENSED PUBLIC, PAROCHIAL OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; 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 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 SenateJan 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 Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate