l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 583

School resource officers; require to follow student cohorts as they matriculate from grade to grade.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-3-82 AND 37-7-321, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO REMAIN ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC COHORT OF STUDENTS AND FOLLOW THOSE STUDENTS AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH GRADE LEVELS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES TO ENSURE DISTRICTS EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION; TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS WHEN THE ABILITY OF A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TO FOLLOW THE MATRICULATION OF A COHORT OF STUDENTS IS EXCUSED; 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

January 15 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 4 · stopped20 days

EducationJan 15 to Feb 4 · 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 Jan 15 – Feb 4

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