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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2224

School entry health examinations; require in all public schools.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL REQUIRE A SCHOOL-ENTRY HEALTH EXAMINATION FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 PERFORMED WITHIN ONE YEAR PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES TO GOVERN THE HEALTH EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT; TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY THAT REQUIRES EACH CHILD TO PRESENT OR HAVE ON FILE A CERTIFICATION OF HEALTH EXAMINATION PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL BOARDS TO EXCLUDE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH THE HEALTH-EXAMINATION-CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-28-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

Its course

January 31 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 SenateJan 31 to Mar 3 · stopped32 days

EducationJan 31 to Mar 3 · stopped32 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 Senate Jan 31 – Mar 3

  1. Jan 31Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 31Referred To Education;Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate