Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 97
Metal detectors; require in all public schools beginning with 2023-2024 school year.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR, WALK-THROUGH METAL DETECTORS MUST BE INSTALLED AND OPERATED AT ALL PUBLIC ENTRANCES OF EACH PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE RELATED TRAINING IN THE USE OF THESE METAL DETECTORS SHALL BE PERFORMED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMULGATION OF RELATED REGULATIONS; TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS CONTINGENT UPON APPROPRIATIONS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; 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 4 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 4 to Jan 31 · stopped27 days
EducationJan 4 to Jan 31 · stopped27 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.