Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 1417
One Mississippi; require State Dept of Ed. to provide copies to every student in Grade 2 for instruction during "Read Across America Week."
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ACQUIRE AND DISTRIBUTE COPIES OF THE BOOK ONE MISSISSIPPI TO ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR GRADE 2 STUDENTS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE A LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE FOR INSTRUCTION ON THE CONTENT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK; TO REQUIRE THE LESSON TO BE ADMINISTERED DURING THE NATIONAL "READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK" OBSERVANCE; 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 20 to March 4, 2025, 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 20 – Feb 6
- Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 6Committee substitute adopted in the House
- Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 7 – Mar 4
- Feb 7Sent to the Senate
- Feb 14Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
- Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
- Feb 6Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
- Feb 6PassedHouse of Representatives
- Feb 7Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- Feb 14Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate