l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1617

"Tim Tebow Act"; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TIM TEBOW ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO AUTHORIZE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A HOMESCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A STUDENT ENROLLED IN A HOMESCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMESCHOOL STUDENT SELECTION OR PARTICIPATION IN SUCH ACTIVITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT; 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

3 co-sponsors

Jonathan Ray Lancaster, Dan Eubanks, Jansen Owen

Its course

January 22 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.

Every action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 22 to Feb 1120 days

EducationJan 22 to Jan 297 days

In the SenateFeb 11 to Mar 4 · stopped21 days

EducationFeb 14 to Mar 4 · stopped18 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

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 22 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 22Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 11Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 14Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 22Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 11AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 14Referred To EducationSenate
  8. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate