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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2337

Schools; allow charter and public schools to accept religious leaders as volunteers to provide support to student-led groups.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-12-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL MAY ACCEPT CHAPLAINS, PASTORS, PRIESTS, RABBIS OR OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS AS VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENT-ORGANIZED PRAYER GROUPS, RELIGIOUS CLUBS OR OTHER RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS; TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL NOT ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR PLED GUILTY TO AN OFFENSE FOR WHICH A DEFENDANT IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE; 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 Senate

Its course

February 8 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 SenateFeb 8 to Mar 5 · stopped26 days

EducationFeb 8 to Mar 5 · stopped26 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 Senate Feb 8 – Mar 5

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