l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1428

"SAFER Act"; create to regulate public buildings.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE "SAFER ACT" TO REGULATE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS FOR THE ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR THE ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE MALE AND/OR FEMALE RESTROOMS OR UNISEX RESTROOMS AT A MINIMUM; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CHANGING FACILITIES TO BE EXCLUSIVE MALE AND/OR FEMALE OR UNISEX AT A MINIMUM; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REGULATE PUBLIC STUDENT HOUSING FOR SINGLE-SEX EDUCATIONAL HOUSING; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SINGLE-SEX SOCIAL SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES TO COMPLY WITH THE DEFINITIONS OF THIS ACT TO DESIGNATE HOUSING; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REGULATE HOW PERSONS ENTER A SINGLE-SEX RESTROOM, CHANGING FACILITY OR EDUCATIONAL HOUSING SPACE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS WITH DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES IN CONFORMITY WITH THIS ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO WILLFULLY ENTERS A SPACE IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT SHALL BE COMMITTING THE OFFENSE OF TRESPASS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE SPEAKER, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR WITH CERTAIN INFORMATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ASSERTION OF A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING ACTION REGARDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 29-18-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REGULATE DISAGGREGATION OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL DATA; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 1-3-83, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE FEMALE, MALE AND CERTAIN OTHER TERMS; 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

10 co-sponsors

Randy Rushing, Mark Tullos, Andrew Stepp, Lance Varner, Fred Shanks, Kimberly Remak, Jill Ford, Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes, Beth Luther Waldo, Carolyn Crawford

Its course

February 19 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days

Public PropertyFeb 19 to Feb 289 days

Judiciary AFeb 28 to Mar 5 · stopped6 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 19 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 19Referred to the House committees on Public Property and on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 28Reported from PP to JA in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Feb 19Referred To Public Property;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 28DR - TSDP: PP To JAHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives