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 614
Mississippi Law Enforcement Interaction Course Act; enact for implementation in public school curriculum.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE "THE MISSISSIPPI LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTION COURSE ACT"; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE MISSISSIPPI SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION, THE MISSISSIPPI POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION AND THE MISSISSIPPI LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION COMMISSION TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT ESTABLISHES EACH AGENCY'S RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN DEVELOPING INSTRUCTION, INCLUDING CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES, ON PROPER INTERACTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DURING TRAFFIC STOPS AND OTHER IN-PERSON ENCOUNTERS; TO REQUIRE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN ONE OR MORE COURSES TO STUDENTS IN GRADE 9 THROUGH GRADE 12 ON PROPER INTERACTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DURING TRAFFIC STOPS AND OTHER IN-PERSON ENCOUNTERS, AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE GRADUATION; TO PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM COMPONENTS OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION REQUIRED FOR THE COURSE; TO PERMIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS TO TAILOR THE INSTRUCTION DEVELOPED UNDER THIS SECTION AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE DISTRICT'S OR CHARTER SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURSE SHALL BE OFFERED TO STUDENTS IN GRADE 9 BEGINNING WITH THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR; 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 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.