l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 6

University and colleges anti-hazing policy; require Board of Trustees of IHL to develop policy against hazing and prescribe penalties.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on March 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT A UNIFORM HAZING POLICY FOR ALL POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; TO REQUIRE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO ADOPT SUCH POLICY; TO AUTHORIZE SUCH INSTITUTIONS TO AMEND SUCH POLICY WITH LIMITATIONS; TO REQUIRE INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATIVE TO HAZING AT ORIENTATION; TO REQUIRE CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATIVE TO HAZING; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-111-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 97-3-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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

January 5 to March 2, 2021, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 5 to Feb 430 days

Universities and CollegesJan 5 to Jan 2722 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 2 · stopped26 days

Universities and CollegesFeb 16 to Mar 2 · stopped14 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 Jan 5 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 5Referred to the House committee on Universities and Colleges
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 4Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 5Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Judiciary, Division B
  3. Mar 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Universities and CollegesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 4PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 16Referred To Universities and Colleges;Judiciary, Division BSenate
  7. Mar 2Died In CommitteeSenate