Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2218
Mississippi Safe Dormitories Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI SAFE DORMITORIES ACT; TO PRESENT LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN STUDENTS FROM RESIDING IN A LIVING FACILITY OWNED, MANAGED BY, OR UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING; TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYEES OF A STATE INSTITUTION FROM ENTERING INTO ROMANTIC, SEXUAL, OR INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CERTAIN STUDENTS; TO STIPULATE CERTAIN GUIDELINES CONCERNING ON-CAMPUS LIVING; TO REQUIRE STATE INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES TO INTERESTED PARTIES; TO CREATE A CIVIL ACTION AND MONETARY PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO CREATE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM SUIT OR LIABILITY UNDER THIS ACT; 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
Universities and CollegesJan 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.
In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Universities and Colleges;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate