Mississippi House Bill 135 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize Local School Boards To Develop A Policy To Provide For The Safety, Protection And Well-being Of Students; To Require That The School Board Submit The Policy To The State Board Of Education And The Department Of Public Safety For Approval Before Implementation; To Provide That The Policy May Authorize The Local Superintendent Of Schools To Allow Certain School Employees To Carry A Concealed Firearm On School Premises; To Prescribe The Stipulations For Such School Employees To Be Authorized To Carry The Concealed Firearm; To Amend Section 37-11-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-3-82, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Nonsubstantive Purposes; To Bring Forward Sections 45-9-101, 97-37-7, 97-37-17 And 37-3-82.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

Concealed firearms on school premises; authorize local school board to adopt policy permitting certain school employees to carry.

Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]

Rep. Dana Criswell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-02	House	Referred To Education;Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0135.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0135IN.htm