Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 1429
Corporal punishment; authorize parents to opt in for use in districts with prohibitions against.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ADOPTED A POLICY PROHIBITING THE USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, TO ADMINISTER CORPORAL PUNISHMENT UPON RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A CHILD OPTING IN FOR THE USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AS A DISCIPLINARY MEASURE FOR THEIR CHILD; TO REQUIRE THE STATEMENT BE MAINTAINED BY THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; TO REQUIRE A SEPARATE WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN REVOKING THE PERMISSION TO USE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 17 to March 3, 2020, 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 RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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.