Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 1176
Teachers; provide protection from suspension or termination for refusing to refer to students preferred gender identity if different from biological assignment at birth.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT ANY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, HIS ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGNEE OR ANY PRINCIPAL FROM DISMISSING OR SUSPENDING ANY LICENSED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FOR REFERRING TO ANY INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S IMMUTABLE BIOLOGICAL SEX AS OBJECTIVELY DETERMINED BY ANATOMY AND GENETICS AT BIRTH; TO PROHIBIT ANY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, HIS ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGNEE OR ANY PRINCIPAL FROM REQUIRING LICENSED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO COMPLY WITH DIRECTIVES TO REFER TO A STUDENT BASED ON THE STUDENT'S PREFERRED IDENTITY ASSOCIATION AGAINST THE LICENSED EMPLOYEE'S RELIGIOUS BELIEF OR MORAL CONVICTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 11-62-3, 11-62-5, 11-62-7, 11-62-9, 11-62-11, 11-62-13 AND 11-62-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE PROVISIONS OF THE "PROTECTING FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE FROM GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION ACT," FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 11-62-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS BY INCLUDING EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE DEFINITION OF STATE GOVERNMENT; 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 21 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.