l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1443

Health education curriculum; require school districts to incorporate instruction on domestic violence and dating violence prevention as component of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-134, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO INCORPORATE AGE-APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION ON THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AS A COMPONENT OF ITS HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM; TO PRESCRIBE THE CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED AS COMPONENTS OF THE INSTRUCTION THAT ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR PROVIDE TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS TO EFFECTIVELY DELIVER INSTRUCTION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 16 to February 3, 2026, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days

EducationJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 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 House of Representatives Jan 16 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published