Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2445
Schools; require drinking fountains and water bottle filling stations in new or renovated facilities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-7-316, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM APPROVING PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOL FACILITIES AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM APPROVING PLANS FOR THE ADDITION TO OR RENOVATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, UNLESS THE PLANS PROVIDE FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS IN EACH SCHOOL, A MINIMUM OF ONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN OR FILLING STATION ON EACH FLOOR AND WING OF THE SCHOOL FACILITY, AND A MINIMUM OF ONE WATER FOUNTAIN OR FILLING STATION FOR EVERY 1000 STUDENTS PROJECTED TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL UPON COMPLETION; TO REQUIRE ANY FILLING STATION OR WATER FOUNTAIN TO DISPENSE FILTERED, CLEAN DRINKING WATER; 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
Sponsor
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 SenateFeb 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.