l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 1116

School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A PUPIL COMPLIES WITH THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IF THE PUPIL'S PARENT IS TRANSFERRED OR IS PENDING TRANSFER TO A MILITARY INSTALLATION WITHIN THE STATE WHILE ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY PURSUANT TO AN OFFICIAL MILITARY ORDER; TO REQUIRE A PARENT TO PROVIDE PROOF OF RESIDENCE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE PUBLISHED ARRIVAL DATE PROVIDED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

3 co-sponsors

Kathy Sykes, Patricia H. Willis, Deborah Butler Dixon

Its course

January 21 to March 5, 2019, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 1121 days

EducationJan 21 to Jan 3110 days

In the SenateFeb 11 to Mar 5 · stopped22 days

EducationFeb 26 to Mar 5 · stopped7 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 21 – Feb 11

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 12 – Mar 5

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published