Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2167
Public schools; allow voluntary prayer, require Ten Commandments to be displayed, and require certain size of U.S. flag.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-12-5, 37-12-7, 37-12-11, 37-13-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A FRAMED COPY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SHALL BE ON DISPLAY IN EVERY CLASSROOM; TO SET THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE U.S. FLAG THAT MUST BE DISPLAYED IN EVERY CLASSROOM; TO PROHIBIT STAFF AND FACULTY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM DISCRIMINATION AND REPRISAL BASED ON RELIGIOUS VIEWS AND BELIEFS; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE A NONDENOMINAL PRAYER SAID AT THE START OF EACH SCHOOL DAY IN EACH PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY STUDENT OR FACULTY MEMBER NOT WISHING TO TAKE PART IN THE DAILY PRAYER OR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE; TO REQUIRE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT TO BE APPLICABLE BEGINNING IN 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 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.