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 2172
Ten Commandments and historical documents; require display in public schools and postsecondary educational institutions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TO DISPLAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL FACTS ABOUT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN EACH EDUCATIONAL BUILDING IT USES AND IN EACH CLASSROOM IN EACH SCHOOL UNDER ITS JURISDICTION; TO PROVIDE A HISTORICAL CONTEXT STATEMENT TO BE DISPLAYED WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPLY THE HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL FACTS ABOUT MISSISSIPPI TO BE DISPLAYED; TO SPECIFY THAT THIS ACT SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF A SCHOOL OR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TO SPEND ITS FUNDS TO PURCHASE DISPLAYS; TO AUTHORIZE SUCH GOVERNING AUTHORITIES TO FUND THE DISPLAYS FREE OF CHARGE BY ACCEPTING DONATED DISPLAYS OR DONATED FUNDS TO PURCHASE THE DISPLAYS; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE RESOURCES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT THAT ARE FREE OF CHARGE, AND TO LIST SUCH FREE RESOURCES ON ITS WEBSITE; 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 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.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.