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 1555
Corporal punishment; require school districts that allow to adopt a policy allowing parents to opt in.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT PRACTICE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT TO ADOPT A POLICY ALLOWING PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS TO REQUEST THAT THEIR CHILD BE INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT CORPORAL PUNISHMENT PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS TO SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM IN WRITING; TO PROVIDE THAT WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PROGRAM MUST BE IN WRITING ALSO; 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
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.