Mississippi House Bill 1428

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 29-18-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The "safer Act" To Regulate Governmental Buildings; To Create New Section 29-18-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Legislative Findings For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Public Buildings To Have Exclusive Male And/or Female Restrooms Or Unisex Restrooms At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Changing Facilities To Be Exclusive Male And/or Female Or Unisex At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate Public Student Housing For Single-sex Educational Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Single-sex Social Sororities And Fraternities To Comply With The Definitions Of This Act To Designate Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate How Persons Enter A Single-sex Restroom, Changing Facility Or Educational Housing Space; To Create New Section 29-18-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governmental Entities To Establish Regulations With Disciplinary Procedures In Conformity With This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Willfully Enters A Space In Violation Of This Act Shall Be Committing The Offense Of Trespass; To Create New Section 29-18-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governmental Entities To Provide A Report To The Speaker, Lieutenant Governor And Governor With Certain Information; To Create New Section 29-18-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Assertion Of A Violation Of This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring Action Regarding The Provisions Of This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate Disaggregation Of State Or Local Governmental Data; To Create New Section 1-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Female, Male And Certain Other Terms; And For Related Purposes.

"SAFER Act"; create to regulate public buildings.

Rep. Celeste Hurst [R]	Rep. Randal Rushing [R]	Rep. Mark Tullos [R]	Rep. Andy Stepp [R]
Rep. Lance Varner [R]	Rep. Fred Shanks [R]	Rep. Kimberly Remak [R]	Rep. Jill Ford [R]
Rep. Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes [R]	Rep. Beth Waldo [R]	Rep. Carolyn Crawford [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-28	House	DR - TSDP: PP To JA
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Public Property;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1428.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1428IN.htm