Mississippi House Bill 1247 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require School Districts To Install Surveillance Cameras Equipped With Audio Reception Technology In All Classrooms And Certain Other Areas Of School Facilities; To Authorize The School District To Contract With Any Company Or Individual, Independent Of The School District To Provide Surveillance Monitoring Service; To Require The School District, Acting Through The Local School Board To Employ Certain Procedures Prior To Awarding The Contract For Monitoring Services; To Require That The Parent Or Legal Guardian Of A Student Detained For Questioning For Certain Actions Be Informed Of The Detainment Before The Questioning Begins; To Exclude The Need For School Districts To Employ Security Personnel Or Require The Immediate Presence Of Law Enforcement Officer On School Premises Equipped With Surveillance Cameras; To Bring Forward Section 37-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

Public Schools; require surveillance video in each classroom and certain other areas of the school facility.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1247.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1247IN.htm