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 332
School safety; require schools to conduct emergency law enforcement drills to address active shooter incidents and other violent acts.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO PREPARE A SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN TO HELP CURB THE GROWING INCIDENCE OF VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS; TO REQUIRE THE PLANS TO ADDRESS PREPAREDNESS FOR NATURAL DISASTERS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENTS, ACTS OF VIOLENCE, INCLUDING ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS, FORCEFUL INTRUSIONS, HOSTAGE SITUATIONS AND ACTS OF TERRORISM; TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL BOARDS TO COORDINATE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE DEVELOP OF ITS SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO CONDUCT A MINIMUM OF ONE EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT DRILL PER SEMESTER TO ADDRESS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT, FORCEFUL INTRUSION, HOSTAGE SITUATION OR TERRORISTIC THREAT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN INCIDENT INVOLVING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER OR TERRORIST WITHIN A SCHOOL BUILDING; TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO UTILIZE EVERY EFFORT TO CONDUCT AN EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT DRILL UNDER THIS SUBSECTION NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-3-83 AND 37-11-5, 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
Sponsor
7 co-sponsors
Jarvis Dortch, John G. Faulkner, Oscar Denton, Karl Gibbs, Jeffery Harness, Carl Mickens, Kathy Sykes
Its course
January 14 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 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 days
EducationJan 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 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.