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 808
Wireless devices; restrict use of by students during instructional time and prohibit social media access.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARD TO ADOPT AN INTERNET SAFETY POLICY FOR STUDENT ACCESS TO THE INTERNET PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POLICY; TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARD TO PROHIBIT AND PREVENT STUDENT ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH INTERNET ACCESS PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN PLATFORMS ON DISTRICT-OWNED DEVICES AND THROUGH INTERNET ACCESS PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE TEACHERS AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL TO DESIGNATE AN AREA FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO BE USED SOLELY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH POLICIES; TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION ON THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH INSTRUCTION; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND GOVERNING BOARDS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS TO MAKE CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND TO NOTIFY PARENTS OF ITS AVAILABILITY; TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS' CODES OF STUDENT CONDUCT PROHIBIT STUDENT USE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME; TO REQUIRE THE CODES OF STUDENT CONDUCT TO INCLUDE NOTICE THAT USE OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF THE IMPOSITION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY THE SCHOOL OR CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO AUTHORIZE TEACHERS AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL TO DESIGNATE AN AREA FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME; TO AMEND SECTION 37-28-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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.