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 872
School district consolidation; authorize use of reverse referendum to enforce requirememnt of by school boards.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A REVERSE REFERENDUM TO INITIATE THE CONSOLIDATION OF TWO OR MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN A COUNTY INTO A SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT UPON THE FILING OR A PETITION BY THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE CONSOLIDATION; TO PRESCRIBE THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL BOARDS SHOULD THE REFERENDUM PASS OR FAIL; TO STIPULATE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE TIME OF RECEIPT OF THE PETITION TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ELECTION; 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 14 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 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days
EducationFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 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.