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 1496
Critical Race Theory; prohibit instruction of in public schools and state institutions of higher learning.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE INSTRUCTION OF "CRITICAL RACE THEORY" IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING; TO PRESCRIBE THE TENETS OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT THE REQUIRED COLLECTION OR REPORTING OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO PROHIBIT THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARY DIVISIONS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR PURPOSES PROHIBITED BY TITLE 37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT DEEMED TO BE LAWFULLY INVALID; 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.