Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2038
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO PASS AT LEAST 60% OF THE CIVICS PORTION OF THE NATURALIZATION TEST USED BY THE IMMIGRATION SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 37-35-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA APPLICANTS TO PASS AT LEAST 60% OF THE CIVICS PORTION OF THE NATURALIZATION TEST USED BY THE IMMIGRATION SERVICES; 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
January 5 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 days
EducationJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 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.