Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 1417
Compulsory school attendance; authorize excused absences for student participation in civic engagement or political event.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD'S ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL FOR PURPOSES OF PARTICIPATING IN A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY OR POLITICAL EVENT SHALL BE EXCUSED; TO REQUIRE THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO PROVIDE WRITTEN PERMISSION TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE NO LATER THAN THREE SCHOOL DAYS PRIOR TO THE STUDENT'S PLANNED ABSENCE; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 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.