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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2515

REFOCUS Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 12, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE "REQUIRING EFFICIENCY FOR OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SYSTEM (REFOCUS) ACT"; TO ESTABLISH THE "MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY SYSTEM EFFICIENCY TASK FORCE" TO EXAMINE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN MISSISSIPPI, AS IT RELATES TO THE UNIVERSITIES' COLLECTIVE MISSION OF ENROLLING AND GRADUATING MORE DEGREED MISSISSIPPIANS AND RETAINING THEM IN THE STATE, AND ANTICIPATED NATIONWIDE CHALLENGES WITH REGARD TO DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS AND A PROJECTED OVERALL DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT; TO REQUIRE THE TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE ON CHANGES TO POLICY AND LAWS IN MISSISSIPPI WITH A GOAL OF INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN THE STATE; TO SET THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE TASK FORCE; TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO, INCLUDING PER DIEM AND VOTING; TO ESTABLISH THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO REQUIRE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO ENSURE THAT EACH UNIT DOES NOT ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICE; TO ENSURE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES TREAT EACH STUDENT, FACULTY, AND STAFF MEMBER FAIRLY; TO REQUIRE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES TO MAKE A REPORT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNING BOARDS; TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNING BOARDS TO MAKE REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE; 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

10 co-sponsors

Jeff Tate, Kevin Blackwell, David Parker, Daniel H. Sparks, Neil S. Whaley, Tyler McCaughn, Michael McLendon, Bart Williams, Joseph M. Seymour, Kathy L. Chism

Its course

January 20 to March 12, 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 action12 actions on 8 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 617 days

Universities and CollegesJan 20 to Feb 314 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 12 · stopped34 days

Judiciary AFeb 17 to Mar 415 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentPending

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 6

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Universities and Colleges
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 6Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Motion in the Senate to recommit lost
  5. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 6Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 13Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the House
  4. Feb 17Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  5. Mar 4Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  6. Mar 10Read the third time in the House
  7. Mar 12Died on the calendar in the House
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Universities and CollegesSenate
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 6Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 6Motion to Recommit LostSenate
  5. Feb 6PassedSenate
  6. Feb 6Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  7. Feb 13Motion to Reconsider TabledSenate
  8. Feb 13Transmitted To HouseSenate
  9. Feb 17Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 10Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 12Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives