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2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2685

Comprehensive eye examination for students prior to enrollment; recommend.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives'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 AMEND SECTION 37-3-87, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RECOMMEND A COMPREHENSIVE EYE EXAMINATION FOR ALL STUDENTS PRIOR TO ENTERING OR ENROLLING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL; 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

16 co-sponsors

David Parker, Bob M. Dearing, Jenifer B. Branning, Albert Butler, Hillman Terome Frazier, John Horhn, Robert L. Jackson, Sampson Jackson II, Russell Jolly, David Jordan, Sollie B. Norwood, Angela Turner-Ford, Willie Simmons, Chad McMahan, Tammy Witherspoon, Derrick T. Simmons

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 action9 actions on 7 days

In the SenateJan 21 to Feb 1222 days

EducationJan 21 to Jan 309 days

AppropriationsJan 30 to Feb 56 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped21 days

EducationFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped14 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 12

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

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 Senate Jan 21 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 21Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 30Reported as a committee substitute from ED to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  4. Feb 12Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  5. Amended in the Senate
  6. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 14 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 14Sent to the House
  2. Feb 19Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 30DR - TSDPCS: ED To APSenate
  3. Feb 5Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  4. Feb 12Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  5. Feb 12AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 12Passed As AmendedSenate
  7. Feb 14Transmitted To HouseSenate
  8. Feb 19Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives