Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 1278
Sex Education; require SDE and Department of Health to develop list of approved curricula to be used in schools and revise every five years.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-171, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO SEX EDUCATION INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP A LIST OF APPROVED CURRICULA EVERY FIVE YEARS WHICH IS EVIDENCE-BASED, MEDICALLY ACCURATE AND APPROPRIATE FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BEGINNING JULY 1, 2018, WHICH MAY BE USED BY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ADOPTING POLICIES ON ABSTINENCE-ONLY AND ABSTINENCE-PLUS EDUCATION; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 15 to January 30, 2018, 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 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 15 to Jan 30 · 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 15 – Jan 30
- Jan 15Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Education
- Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Public Health and Human Services;EducationHouse of Representatives
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives