l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1173

Mississippi Coach Safely Act; create to require certain youth coaches to take injury mitigation and information course.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "MISSISSIPPI COACH SAFELY ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO REQUIRE A YOUTH ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION CONDUCTING HIGH RISK YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE 15 TO REQUIRE COACHES AND ATHLETIC PERSONNEL TO ANNUALLY COMPLETE A YOUTH INJURY MITIGATION AND INFORMATION COURSE APPROVED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE A DEFENSE FROM LIABILITY FOR A YOUTH ATHLETE'S INJURY IN A HIGH RISK ATHLETIC ACTIVITY FOR ATHLETIC PERSONNEL AND COACHES WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE COURSE AND REASONABLY USED SAFETY TECHNIQUES AND METHODS TAUGHT IN THE COURSE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COACH SAFELY ACT; 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

February 14 to March 5, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped20 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped20 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 Feb 14 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published