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 792
Student absenteeism; excuse those related to an exceptional student's disability.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ABSENCES RESULTING FROM STUDENTS DISABILITY AS DEFINED BY STATE STATUTE, UNDER IDEA AND SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, SHALL BE DEEMED EXCUSED; TO EXEMPT THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FROM PROSECUTION FOR ABSENCES RELATED TO THE CHILD'S DISABILITY; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCEDURES TO PROMOTE INTERVENTIONS TO ASSIST STUDENTS VULNERABLE TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS WITH HIGH RATES OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM; 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 16 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 16 to Feb 4 · stopped19 days
EducationJan 16 to Feb 4 · stopped19 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.