l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2516

Safe Dormitories Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE "SAFE DORMITORIES ACT"; TO SET THE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PUBLIC BUILDING THAT MAINTAINS MULTIPLE-OCCUPANCY DORMITORY ROOMS SHALL PROVIDE STUDENT RESIDENTS THE OPTION TO BE HOUSED ONLY IN A DORMITORY ROOM WITH ROOMMATES OF THE SAME SEX; TO PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM ENTERING INTO A DORMITORY ROOM DESIGNATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR USE BY PERSONS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX; TO SET CERTAIN SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS RELATED TO THIS PROHIBITION; TO REQUIRE ANY APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES FOR ANY SUCH PERSON; TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT; TO AUTHORIZE PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT AND CAUSES OF ACTION; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING AN ACTION TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT; TO PROVIDE A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE TO THE 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

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

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Universities and Colleges;Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate