l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 841

Universities and community/junior colleges; waive tuition for children, spouses, widows and widowers of certain veterans.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE WAIVER OF TUITION, REQUIRED FEES AND BOOK COSTS AT THE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FOR THE CHILDREN OF CERTAIN DECEASED VETERANS AND DISABLED VETERANS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTIAL WAIVER OF TUITION, REQUIRED FEES AND BOOK COSTS AT THE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FOR THE CHILDREN, SPOUSES AND UNREMARRIED WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS OF CERTAIN DECEASED VETERANS AND DISABLED VETERANS; TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICATIONS FOR WAIVERS MUST INCLUDE CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION; TO PROVIDE THAT TUITION MAY BE WAIVED FOR BOTH FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STUDENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING SHALL BE THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY OF THE TUITION WAIVER PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-103-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

February 13 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days

Universities and CollegesFeb 13 to Feb 196 days

AppropriationsFeb 19 to Mar 3 · stopped13 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 Feb 13 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 13Referred to the House committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 19Reported from UC to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Feb 13Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19DR - TSDP: UC To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives