Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 28, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 859
Public special purpose schools; exempt from certain audit requirements.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 7-7-211, 29-9-13 AND 29-9-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO PUBLIC SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOLS FROM CERTAIN AUDIT REQUIREMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR REGARDING THE PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR FAILURE OF STATE AGENCIES TO INVENTORY AND PROTECT THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES, EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY PROCURED BY SUCH SCHOOLS AND ISSUED TO STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS AND 1:1 INSTRUCTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-68-1, 37-68-3, 37-68-5, 37-68-7, 37-68-9, 37-68-11, 37-68-13 AND 37-68-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING THE "EQUITY IN DISTANCE LEARNING ACT," FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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 16 to February 28, 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.
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 – Feb 8
- Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 7Read the third time in the House
- Feb 8Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 9 – Feb 28
- Feb 9Sent to the Senate
- Feb 15Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate