l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 586

Financial credit counseling; require curriculum to be taught as an elective class that is required for graduation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DEVELOP A FINANCIAL CREDIT COUNSELING CURRICULUM FOR USE BY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO REQUIRE THAT THE DEPARTMENT WORK WITH NONPROFIT CREDIT UNIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES; TO REQUIRE THAT THE CURRICULUM BE TAUGHT AS AN ELECTIVE CLASS THAT IS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION; TO REQUIRE THAT THE CURRICULUM INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN CHECK WRITING, UNDERSTANDING FICO SCORES, WHAT QUALIFIES AS GOOD AND BAD CREDIT, COMPOUNDING INTEREST AND OTHER FINANCIAL COMPONENTS DEALING WITH INVESTMENTS; 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

3 co-sponsors

Jeffrey Hulum III, Solomon C. Osborne, Robert L. Sanders

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 16 – Jan 31

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