l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 1491

"Dignity and nondiscrimination in Public Education Act of 2022"; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "DIGNITY AND NONDISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ACT" FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROHIBITING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNING BOARDS FROM PROVIDING INSTRUCTION OR INDOCTRINATION ON PRINCIPLES THAT UNDERMINE THE DIGNITY OF OTHERS, OR FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS TO EXPRESS DIFFERING OPINIONS REGARDING ANY SEX, RACE, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN; TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM EXPENDING FUNDS WHICH PROMOTE THE INSTRUCTION OF SUCH DIVISIVE POSITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE SEVERABLE; 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 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published