Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2605
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics courses before completion of high school.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-13-56, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT, BEGINNING IN THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE SHALL TEACH CIVICS COURSES STARTING IN THE 8TH GRADE AND BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF 12TH GRADE; TO PROVIDE THE AIM AND CONTENT OF SUCH COURSES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PRESCRIBE THE COURSE OF STUDY AND SHALL UPDATE COURSE STANDARDS TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT CIVICS SCHOLARSHIP; 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 March 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.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate floor amendmentPending
Senate floor 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 13
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 13Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Amended in the Senate
- Passed the Senate as amended
In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 4
- Feb 17Sent to the House
- Feb 18Referred to the House committee on Education
- Mar 4Died in committee in the House