l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 427

Public schools; require moment of quiet reflection each day and classroom display and daily recitation of Ten Commandments.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A BRIEF PERIOD OF QUIET REFLECTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS AT THE START OF EACH SCHOOL DAY; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-163, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM; TO REQUIRE TEACHERS TO HAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS RECITED ALOUD AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL DAY; 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

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.

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 14 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published