Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 591
Mental Health First Aid Training; require for certain public school personnel and school resource officers.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING THAT IS EVIDENCE BASED AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO ALL LICENSED AND NONLICENSED INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL AND TO LICENSED ADMINISTRATORS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL BOARDS TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT A POLICY RELATING TO FREQUENCY OF THE REQUIRED TRAINING; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION, WHICH MAY BE USED TO SATISFY THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-7-301 AND 37-7-343, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-3-82 AND 37-7-321, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING THAT IS EVIDENCED-BASED AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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.