Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2398
Vaccinations; allow religious belief exemption from requirement for school attendance.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-23-37 AND 43-20-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS OF SCHOOLS AND LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITIES WHEN A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OBJECTS TO IMMUNIZATION OF THE CHILD ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE IMMUNIZATION CONFLICTS WITH THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN; TO PROVIDE THAT THE IMMUNIZATION MAY BE REQUIRED REGARDLESS OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY THIS ACT IN CASES WHEN SUCH DISEASE IS IN EPIDEMIC STAGES; TO PROVIDE THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST FIRST FURNISH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL OF THE SCHOOL OR FACILITY AN AFFIDAVIT IN WHICH THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN SWEARS OR AFFIRMS THAT THE IMMUNIZATION REQUIRED CONFLICTS WITH THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN BEFORE A CHILD IS EXEMPTED FROM IMMUNIZATION ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS; 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 Senate
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 SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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.